Kenya: Aging Mi-17 Fleet Under Spotlight As Police Helicopter Makes Hard Landing in Marakwet

Kenya: Aging Mi-17 Fleet Under Spotlight As Police Helicopter Makes Hard Landing in Marakwet

Nairobi -- The National Police Service (NPS) is facing renewed scrutiny over the airworthiness of its ageing helicopter fleet after a police chopper conducting a flood rescue mission in Chesongoch, Marakwet East, made a hard landing on Sunday when its lift reportedly failed mid-flight.

Aging Mi-17 fleet under spotlight as police helicopter makes hard landing in Marakwet

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 — The National Police Service (NPS) is facing renewed scrutiny over the airworthiness of its ageing helicopter fleet after a police chopper conducting a flood rescue mission in Chesongoch, Marakwet East, made a hard landing on Sunday when its lift reportedly failed mid-flight. The Mi-17 helicopter registered as 5Y SFA, and operated by the NPS Air Wing, was responding to rescue operations in flood-hit areas on Saturday when …