Kenya's Local Budget Airline Silverstone Suspends All Its Flights

This comes after the safety of the low-cost domestic carrier has been called into question following two recent incidents, the latest involving its flight from Lodwar which lost its rear wheel after takeoff on October 28. In another incident, a Silverstone-operated aircraft crashed outside Nairobi's Wilson Airport shortly after takeoff.

A Silverstone aircraft.

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