Nairobi - Mombasa - Lamu

On October 11, 2019 at 09:00 AM, Nairobi - Mombasa - Lamu experienced a crash involving Fokker 50, operated by Silverstone Air, with the event recorded near Nairobi-Wilson Nairobi City District.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

55 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 55 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 50, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The airplane crashed while taking off from Nairobi-Wilson Airport on a schedule service to Mombasa and Lamu. During the takeoff roll from runway 14, the airplane failed to liftoff, overan and rolled for about 250 meters when it struck a perimeter fence and eventually came to rest against trees located about 50 meters further. All 55 occupants were evacuated, among them two passengers were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5Y-IZO, MSN 20244, year of manufacture 1992.