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On 5 March 2024, Safarilink Aviation Flight 053, a Dash 8-315 registered as 5Y-SLK on a scheduled flight to Ukunda Airport, collided on climbout from Wilson Airport with a Cessna 172M on a local training flight.
The first aircraft involved in the collision was a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-315, manufacturer serial number 574, and registered as 5Y-SLK. The aircraft was manufactured by Bombardier Aviation on 28 September 2001 and in its 22 years of service, it had accumulated around 32,000 flight hours in around 35,000 cycles, [a] and was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123E engines.
A Dash 8-300 operating as Safarilink Aviation Flight 53 from Wilson Airport, Nairobi to Diani near Mombasa was involved in a mid-air collision with a Cessna 172 operated by a local flying school. The Dash returned to Wilson and landed safely with no injuries among the 39 passengers and 5 crew.
Airline Image IATA [1]ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) Notes 748 Air Services: H4: IHO: SEFEAS: Nairobi-Kenyatta Airport: Aberdair Aviation: BDV: ABERDAV: Nairobi-Wilson Airport
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In addition to what GalacticOrbits points out, this concern is easily addressed with a redirect from Safarilink Aviation Flight 53 to this article, along with redirects from Safarilink Flight 53 and Safarilink Flight 053, since people tend to drop the end of an airline's name. Carguychris 16:34, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
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The airport was established as Nairobi West Aerodrome in 1929 by Florence Kerr Wilson, a wealthy widow.Built at a cost of £50,000 (£3.2 million in 2020), Mrs Wilson hired pilot Tom Campbell Black to run the airport.