Flight Carrying Khat Crashes in Nairobi

Four crewmen were killed on Wednesday when a plane carrying the stimulant khat crashed into a building in Nairobi shortly after taking off, police said. Television footage showed a charred tail and wings of the white Fokker 50 propeller plane ripped in half outside the smoldering two-story building housing several shops. Two guards at the building were injured. The accident occurred about 4 a.m. local time at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the busiest...

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