Four police officers have been injured when their helicopter crashed on Thursday afternoon at Mathare North depot in Nairobi, Kenya Police Airwing boss Col (rtd) Rogers Mbithi confirms.
The aircraft had four passengers. The chopper is the recently acquired AgustaWestland helicopter.
The six-seater chopper is said to have developed mechanical problems in the air and stayed in the air for estimated 20 -40 mins before it nose dived, a witness has said.