Top Kenyan athlete Rudisha survives plane crash

Kenyan world 800m athletics record holder David Rudisha has told local media how he survived after a plane he was travelling in crash-landed on Saturday evening.

The plane which was carrying him and five others came down near a park in Kajiado county in Kenya’s south-east.

“All was well close to seven or eight minutes into the flight when the engine of the plane suddenly went quiet,” the retired Olympic champion told the Daily Nation newspaper.

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