Preliminary investigations have revealed that FlySAX airline informed the crew of their ill-fated plane, which crashed in the Aberdares, to fly to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
The latest instructions forced the crew to change their flight path.
In a press statement on Thursday, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Director General Gilbert Kibe alluded to the key piece of information on the plane crash to this change of route.
“The company, FlySAX, informed the crew to fly to JKIA to drop passengers then head to Wilson, we didn’t know of it until they were airborne,” said Kibe.
Chief Air Accidents Investigator Martyn Lunani, while terming the aircraft as airworthy, said the change of flight request was under investigation.
“We have involved other countries in our investigations, they also have the samples and it will take time. We got to the site and took the relevant evidence, we are even getting evidence from the Met department,” said Lunani.
After the crash, 10 people who were on board died.