Cairo – Juba – Nairobi – Salisbury

On November 29, 1944 at 12:00 PM, Cairo – Juba – Nairobi – Salisbury experienced a crash involving Lockheed 18 LodeStar, operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC, with the event recorded near Mt Kinangop Central.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 11 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The crew just started the descent to Nairobi when the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Kinangop located in the Aberdare mountain range. All 11 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was reduced due to marginal weather conditions. The wreckage was found on January 1st, 1945.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AGBW, MSN 2094, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -0.5778°, 36.6302°.