| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 24, 2003 |
| Time: | 1645 |
| Location: | Busia, Kenya |
| Operator: | African Commuter Services |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Busia - Nairobi |
| AC Type: | Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I |
| Registration: | 5Y-EMJ |
| cn / ln: | 158 |
| Aboard: | 13 (passengers:11 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:1 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane failed to gain altitude during takeoff, hit power lines and crashed inverted into a house. Kenyan Labor Minister, Ahmed Khalif and the two pilots were killed. The plane was grossly overloaded. The plane which weighed 16 tons, was taking off from an airstrip designed for aircraft weighing less than 5.7 tons. |
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