ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231940
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| Date: | Sunday 5 January 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | several aircraft |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Manda Bay-Camp Simba Air Base -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Al Shabab terrorist organisation claims to have destroyed up to seven airplanes during a terrorist attack on Manda Bay Air Base, Kenya.
Unconfirmed rumours are circulating that a C-146A Wolfhound and a DHC-8-200 may have been destroyed.
Photos from the scene show a DHC-8 parked near a fire and the burned out wreck of a Beech King Air-style T-tail aircraft.
AP is reporting, based on police reports, that a "U.S. Cessna and a Kenya one" were destroyed along with two U.S. helicopters.
Sources:
https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL8N29A05E
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/al-shabab-attack-base-us-kenyan-troops/2285479/
https://upnewsinfo.com/2020/01/05/somali-terrorist-group-destroyed-an-american-spy-plane-in-an-attack-on-a-military-base-in-kenya-defense-blog/
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31721/3-americans-dead-6-aircraft-destroyed-or-damaged-including-a-rare-spy-plane-in-kenya-attack
Media:
Please don’t confuse: The Manda Bay military airstrip on the mainland has been attacked. Not the civil airport on Manda island. But civil airport shut down now.#Lamu #AlShabaab #Kenya
— Samuel Burri (@sam_btw) January 5, 2020
(Picture circulating on Whatsapp) pic.twitter.com/LbCk39SJwB
Al Shabab, the #Somali #Terrorist #Group, on Sunday attacked a #Military #Base in #Kenya that is used by both American and Kenyan forces, according to U.S. Africa Command.
— 💥💥💥💥💥🔭🤖⓵ⒷⓊⓋ🌎📡💥💥💥💥💥 (@_1BUV) January 5, 2020
“U.S. Africa Command acknowledges there was an #Attack at Manda Bay A ...
https://t.co/df3HHdX6Rf pic.twitter.com/0a5ebyRCgP
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2020 10:33 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Jan-2020 10:36 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 05-Jan-2020 10:40 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2020 10:45 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2020 10:51 | harro | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2020 12:27 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Photo] |
| 06-Jan-2020 13:23 | olihen69 | Updated [Source] |
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