Propeller-driven Cessna 206 aircraft crashed in a remote region on Mount Kilimanjaro

On 9 November 2008 authorities in Kenya announced that a single engine propeller-driven Cessna 206 aircraft crashed in a remote region on Mount Kilimanjaro. Reports indicate that the aircraft was carrying four tourists on a sightseeing tour around the mountain when the crash occurred. According to aviation officials, the four tourists and the pilot were killed in the mishap. The Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority stated that that the four tourists were Italians and that the aircraft took off from a tourist camp in the Kyulu Hills on the Tanzanian side of the mountain. No other details were immediately available.