Malindi Member of Parliament Amina Mnyazi has requested a statement from the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding aircraft safety at the Malindi International Airport.
This follows two separate aircraft accidents between January and March 2025 involving aircraft from Malindi airport.
Speaking in Parliament, Mnyazi said that following these incidents, aircraft accident investigators from the Ministry of Roads and Transport and the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority visited the crash sites and retrieved the engines of both aircraft for further examination.
“Reports on the preliminary findings regarding the aircraft accidents were released. However, to date, no official conclusive reports have been released to the public or the affected institutions regarding the probable cause or contributing factors and safety recommendations for accident prevention to ensure aircraft safety,” said Mnyazi.
According to Mnyazi, these incidents raise concerns about the state of aircraft safety at Malindi International Airport and the need for additional safety protocols to prevent such occurrences in the future.
In the statement, Mnyazi wants the chairperson of the committee to provide the current status of the investigation into the two aircraft accidents and an official report on the findings regarding the probable cause of the accidents and the safety recommendations by the Ministry of Roads and Transport and KCAA.
She also wants the expected timeline for the conclusion and publication of the results of the investigation to the public and affected institutions.
The MP who is serving her first term in Parliament also wants the committee to highlight the measures being implemented by the Ministry of Roads and Transport to improve air safety for aircraft used in training at Malindi International Airport and in airports nationwide and lastly, plans by the government to compensate the families of the victims, including specific timelines for compensation.
On the 10th January 2025, an aircraft registration number 5Y-CDC operated by the Kenya Aeronautical College was involved in a tragic crash two kilometers from Malindi Airport, resulting in the loss of three lives, injuries to three others, and extensive damage to the aircraft.
Barely two months later, on the 8th March 2025, a Cessna 152 aircraft registration number 5Y-BYQ owned by the Kenya School of Flying was also involved in a tragic accident resulting in the loss of the life of a student pilot.