[A man hangs on a helicopter carrying Opposition leader Raila Odinga, in Meru county, February 2017. Photo/Courtesy]
Following increased cases of Kenyans hanging on flying helicopters, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has issued a stern warning.
The Authority will now cancel operating licences of pilots who allow people to hang on helicopters they are flying.
Director general, Gilbert Kibe warned that the norm poses danger to lives of both persons hanging on the helicopters, and the pilots.
He on Friday, said pilots were greatly defying standard operating procedures and regulations in the aviation industry, hence the need to curb them.
Speaking during an aviation stakeholders forum at the KCAA headquarters in Nairobi, chairman, Samuel Poghisio said they would release safety measures for members of the public, to avert similar cases.
Kenyans experienced two incidents of two men hanging on two different helicopters, during different occasions.
The first case happened in Bungoma, May 2016 during the burial of the late government critic Jacob Juma, while the second happened, February 2017 when Opposition leader toured Meru County.
They however survived after falling from the moving copters, with Kenyans nicknaming them #JamesBond.