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One survives Nairobi Crash

What: Cezanne Air Express Cessna 401A
Where: 10km west of Nairobi, Kenya
When: Oct 21, 2011
Who: 2 fatalities, 3 aboard
Why: The flight took off from Wilson Airport taking Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam papers to Marsabit and Lodwar and crashed. Witnesses describe the flight as spinning out of control before it crashed near a school. Kenya Red Cross Action team and Emergency Medical Services (Eplus Kenya) responded.

The pilot and two passengers were hospitalized at Karen Hospital. Two died from the crash, one at the hospital. One passenger is still alive in critical condition.

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