An aircraft operated by Mombasa Air Safari crashed in Kenya's coastal Kwale County on Tuesday, ultimately killing all eleven passengers onboard while en route from Diani to the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Victims of the tragedy included eight Hungarian tourists, a pair of German visitors, and the Kenyan pilot. The aircraft in question was a Cessna 208 Caravan.

Authorities cited heavy morning rain and poor visibility in the region around the time of the crash, a factor that could likely have contributed to the accident. Investigators from Kenya's aviation transportation agencies have begun a probe and secured the crash site in hilly and forested terrain roughly 40 kilometers north of the Diani airstrip where the aircraft took off. This tragedy impacts both Kenya's vital safari-touris

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