Occupants of second chopper identified as probe continuesRed Cross personnel and local community members examine the wreckage of a chopper that crashed in Turkana on Sunday night, March 3, 2019. This is because the victims were badly burnt beyond recognistion after the Bell 505, registration number 5Y-KDL, a brand new aircraft, which was only six months old, burst into flames on crashing. The ill-fated Bell 505 chopper with tail number 5Y-KDL was among five helicopters operating under KIDL Helicopters and based at Wilson Airport. “After re-assembly, the Bell 505 was flown by KIDL CEO, Captain Marco Brighetti Wilson Airport in Nairobi to begin VIP transport operations,” says a post on the company’s website. “Soon after take-off, unfortunately one of the helicopters, a Bell 505 registration 5Y-KDL lost contact and crashed on the island,” said KCAA’s Capt.

Source: Standard Digital March 06, 2019 06:11 UTC