Kenya Airways has issued a statement over the flight which was forced to turn back to Moi International Airport in Mombasa 24 minutes after taking off. The flight KQ609 was airborne at 1807hrs and landed back to the airport at 1834hrs. Kenya Airways management said the plane was diverted back due to a fault in aircraft warning system that raised a false mechanical alarm.

Source: The Star June 18, 2019 06:33 UTC