President Uhuru Kenyatta has finally and emotionally mourned the victims of Fly Sax aircraft that crashed on the Aberdares forest killing all on board.
Kenyatta at the same time pledged a full review and probe into the tragedy that claimed 10 lives in a controversial manner if unsubstantiated reports circulating on social media is anything to go by.
"My thoughts and prayers are with the families, in this moment of grief. I pray that the families and friends of those we have lost may be granted the grace to endure this terrible loss,” Uhuru said in a statement on Thursday.
That said, the domestic flight accident reminds Kenya of another large-scale aviation accident that happened almost the same way, under similar circumstances and time, 11 years ago.
The accident that happened on the midnight of May 5, 2007, involved a Kenya Airways flight 507 destined for Nairobi from Douala, Cameroon.
The Boeing 737, just like the Fly Sax aircraft, nosedived into a densely forested area outside Douala after taking off, killing all 114 passengers on board.
The plane which had just stopped in Cameroon's capital from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, is said to have left Douala in a stormy weather amid warnings. The same is being rumored about the Fly Sax aircraft.
Also, just like the Fly Sax plane took some time to be traced, the KQ flight was also not easily traceable as emergency response teams had difficulties finding the plane owing to the drenching rains and foggy weather then.
"Inadequate operational control, lack of crew coordination coupled with non-adherence to procedures of flight monitoring, confusion in the utilization of the autopilot, may also have contributed to causing this situation," reads part of a report of an inquiry set to investigate the accident.
The Douala-Nairobi flight is mainly used as an intermediary flight to Europe and the Middle East.