Fokker 50 crash, Jul 2, 2014 (4 killed), Nairobi-Jomo Ken...
Fokker 50 accident on July 2, 2014 near Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta (ex Embakasi), Nairobi City District, Kenya with 4 fatalities. Cause: AAID: The accident...
- Date: July 2, 2014
- Aircraft: Fokker 50
- Location: Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta (ex Embakasi), Nairobi City District, Kenya
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: AAID: The accident was attributed to the failure of the crew to reject the takeoff after obvious malfunction of the left engine. The aircraft was also reported to be loaded beyond its load sheet weight.
On 2 July 2014 a Skyward International Fokker 50 cargo flight to Mogadishu crashed shortly after takeoff from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, at night. The aircraft struck a residential area or building, and all four crew were killed. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and a post crash fire. The Kenyan final report found the crew failed to reject the takeoff after an obvious left engine malfunction.