Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Eleven people, mostly foreign tourists, were killed Tuesday when a plane crashed in Kenya's coastal Kwale region while flying to Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Mombasa Air Safari confirmed that eight Hungarian and two German passengers, along with the Kenyan pilot, were on board.
The aircraft went down in a hilly, forested area about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Diani airstrip.
Authorities said the pilot failed to communicate after takeoff, and air traffic controllers tried unsuccessfully to contact him for 30 minutes before locating the wreckage.
Kwale County Commissioner Stephen Orinde said investigators are examining the cause of the crash, which occurred at 5:30 a.m. local time, though the Transport Ministry later ...