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Massive fire closes Nairobi Airport
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) said Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) had been closed and passengers evacuated. Images posted on Twitter showed smoke and flames billowing from one of the main buildings. https://twitter.com/NewsBreaker/status/364973156294873088/photo/1 (www.bbc.co.uk) 更多...
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Update from Nairobi friend: Domestic traffic has resumed (Air Kenya in newer terminal) and International expected to resume tomorrow on limited basis. Passengers advised to arrive a full 3 hours before their departing flights....in my experience that is good advise at NBO in the best of times.
UPDATE: Latest from KTN http://www.ustream.tv/KTNKENYALIVE
- No casualties reported
- JKIA remains closed to all but emergency flights
- fire is not contained and entire airport being evacuated
- fire broke out in the International terminal - no known cause at this time
- fire broke out at 5:00 AM local time
- next official briefing scheduled for 3:30AM EST
- ALL arriving flights being diverted to Mombasa http://flightaware.com/live/airport/HKMO
- No casualties reported
- JKIA remains closed to all but emergency flights
- fire is not contained and entire airport being evacuated
- fire broke out in the International terminal - no known cause at this time
- fire broke out at 5:00 AM local time
- next official briefing scheduled for 3:30AM EST
- ALL arriving flights being diverted to Mombasa http://flightaware.com/live/airport/HKMO
Thanx for posting...there are a lot of old buildings at NBO so I don't wonder any fire got out of control, accidental or deliberate. Wilson Airport cannot handle anything much larger than a regional jet so it would look like Mombasa (10K feet) and Kili (11K) will be the alternates.
Nairobi Airport is Alight, all flights cancelled, terminal destroyed. $9 damage.
They got off pretty cheap...
I wonder how many L1011's and 727's were lost?
Not sure if joke......laughed anyway. Poor 707's and DC-8's :-(
Not many...the vintage parked aircraft are far away across the apron, but your point is well taken. If this were Nairobi's Wilson Airport there would be lots of old Russian helos and fixed wing skeletons about. NBO is where I saw my first re-engined DC-3 with tiny (relative) turboprops installed. They only about a dozen jetways so the apron has a rather impressive line up of international carriers. Apart from Kenya Airways and a discount airline almost all other traffic is international and much of it long range. Most of the little guys from years back have gone.
