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"speaker_name": "Mr. Mwau",
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. My Ministerial Statement is in respect to the aircraft that had an accident at Kojong'a on 10th June, 2008. The aircraft, Cessna 210 Centurion was initially registered as 5 Yankee Bravo Uniform Mike (5YBUM) and later, at the owners request was registered as 5 Yankee Bravo Victor Echo (5YBVE) on 8th October 2007. It was a 6-seater high wing aircraft of high performance retractable gear system, equipped with a single engine for general aviation operations. The aircraft was manufactured by Cessna Company in the US and typed, certified by Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) of USA. The aircraft was operated by Skytrade Company based at the Wilson Airport Nairobi and was involved in an accident on 10th June, 2008 at Kojong'a. The following are the particulars of the aircraft. Aircraft type and model: Cessna 210E Date of Construction: 1965 Aircraft Serial No.210-58671 Registration No.5 Yankee Bravo Victor Echo Time Since New: 5,107.5 hours. Date of First Aircraft Registration: 2nd November, 2006. Air Service Licence No.0442, expiring on 17th July, 2008. Air Operator Certificate No.207 Certificate of airworthiness issued on 1st October, 2007. June 25, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1379 Take off weight, 1,409 Kilograms Category of Aircraft: Public transport Engine Type: Continental 10-520 A5B Engine Time since new: 1,287.45 Engine TBO: 1700 Hours Propeller time since new: 1,325.45 Propeller TBO: 1500 Hours Owner: Christian Maria Schnerr Pilot: The owner Pilot experience beginning of the year: CPL with 500 total and 150 hours on type. Pilot Currency: Renewed CPL in January, 2008. Age: 51 years. Technical features of the type of Cessna 210E. Crew: One pilot, 5 passengers, ceiling 23,000 feet ASL Endurance: Approximately 6 hours. This aircraft was equipped with among others, ELT, VHF radio, direct reading compass, engine instruments, flight instruments, and the SSR transponder. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the description of the flight is as follows: Five Yankee Bravo Victor Echo (5Y-BVE) on a Visual Flight Rule with four passengers on board with two and a half hours of fuel endurance departed from the Wilson Airport for Kericho at 1800 hours on 10th June, 2008. The flight was issued with departure information, surface, wind condition and pressure settings, before it was cleared for departure from runway 14. Upon departure, the aircraft was instructed to squawk 2077 and to report at the control zone boundary. The aircraft 5 Yankee Bravo Victor Echo (5Y-BVE) reported zone boundary at 1428 hours and was instructed to contact Nairobi Control Centre on frequency 118.5 mghz. The aircraft acknowledged and this was the last communication from the aircraft. From the radar transcript, an aircraft believed to be 5 Yankee Bravo Victor Echo (5Y-BVE) departed from the Wilson Airport and turned right picking a westbound heading. The aircraft climbed to 8,500 feet. It maintained this altitude until it disappeared from the radar at approximately 52 nautical miles from Nairobi at 1440 hours. The officer in charge of the Wilson Airport navigation services received information from AMREF at 1559 hours that a white aircraft was seen crashing at a place called Kojong'a at 1400 hours local time. At 1610 hours, information was received at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport Police Operations that 5 Yankee Victor Bravo Echo (5Y-VBE) from Wilson to Kericho had crashed and killed four people in Kojong'a. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to air accidents prevention measures, there are several regulations and policies in place to cover accident prevention. These include the KCCA regulations that cover the ICAO annextures; annexes 1, 6, and 8 also known as the Kenya Civil Aviation Regulations (KCAR) published in 2007. The KCA has also developed regulations covering the air transport, aerodromes and security, although these are still awaiting the promulgation pursuant to the CAP 394 laws of Kenya, Section 8C(2) Requirements. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to safety requirements, from a review of the data, from 2003 to 2007, there have been 12 aircraft accidents. This is an average of two aircraft accidents annually in the country. Investigations into these accidents have traced their causes to malfunctions in the aircraft and human error on the part of the personnel. The safety mechanisms that are in place include continuous checks and inspection of aircrafts annually. There is also a continuous check and surveillance to ensure that the aircrafts being operated are serviced regularly. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this exercise has been supported by the upgrading of the air 1380 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 25, 2008 navigation system by the Authority resulting in an efficiency level of 97 per cent as recommended by the International Civil Authority Organisation (ICAO). Furthermore, the Authority is working to better this level of efficiency by installing new state-of-the-art equipment within the Kenya airspace in order to achieve 100 per cent satisfaction. Kenya airspace is currently under 100 per cent radar surveillance and pursuant to the civil aviation master plan, there is a process underway to re-sector the entire airspace. Part of this process has seen the recruitment of new personnel. In addition, the buying of a new radar is already underway and it is already---"
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