Accidents Incidents

Silverstone F50 at Nairobi, overran runway on rejected takeoff

A Silverstone Air Services Fokker 50, registration 5Y-IZO performing flight K5-620 from Nairobi Wilson to Mombasa (Kenya) with 50 passengers and five crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Wilson Airport’s runway 14 at about 09:00L but overran the end of the runway and came to a stop in a ditch entangled with bushes about 270 meters past the runway end (right). Two passengers received minor injuries and the aircraft substantial damage.