Two people have been killed in a mid-air crash involving a training aircraft and a passenger plane in Kenya, police say.

The aircraft collided above the Nairobi National Park in the capital, sending the smaller plane crashing down.

The bigger plane, operated by Safarilink Aviation with 44 people on board, was heading to the coastal tourist resort town of Diani when crew reported a loud bang soon after take-off from Wilson Airport and decided to turn back, the airline reported.

“I can confirm a student and a trainer [on the training aircraft]… died during the incident,” Nairobi county police
commander Adamson Bungei told Reuters.

The plane belonging to a flight school and the Safarilink passenger aircraft collided at 10.05am (7.05am GMT), Kenya’s Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.

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