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Two dead after collision between airplanes above Nairobi, Kenya

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In Kenya, two people have died in a collision between a training aircraft and a passenger plane. Sky News reports that the planes collided above Nairobi National Park in the capital, causing the smaller plane to crash.

The Safarilink De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 (registered 5Y-SLK), carrying 44 passengers and crew members, got damaged after colliding midair with the Cessna 172 training aircraft (5Y-NNJ) shortly after take off from Nairobi Wilson Airport, the regional airport of the capital city.

Two fatalities, a student pilot and an instructor, have been reported in the crashed Cessna.