Search team finds crashed plane in Kenya, no survivors

Aircraft was carrying 10 people, including 2 crew members

By Andrew Wasike

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - An aerial search team has found the plane that went missing in Kenya with 10 people, including two crew aboard, Transport Permanent Secretary Paul Maringa announced Thursday, adding that there were no survivors.

"We send out our condolences to the families," Paul Maringa told reporters, noting that the ministry had already contacted all the affected families.

An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the crash, Maringa added.

At Weston hotel where some of the family members were camping since Wednesday morning, emotions ran high with family members seeing breaking down after receiving the news from Kenyan airline FlySax Chairman Charles Wako.

Aboard the plane were Karaba Sailah Waweru Muiga, Ahmed Ali Abdi, Matakatekei Paula, Khetia Kishani, Wafula Robinson, Matakasakaraia Thamani, Ngugi George Kinyua and Pinuertorn Ronald, and the captain and his first officer -- Barbra Wangeci Kamau, and Jean Mureithi, respectively.

The plane was located at Elephant point in the Aberdare forest on Wednesday.

The Cessna C208 Fly-SAX airlines plane was en route from western Kenya to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in capital Nairobi.

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