Two-time Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha was uninjured in the plane crash while returning from a sporting event at the weekend.
The plane carrying the Kenyan 800m world record holder and five other passengers crashed in Kajiado County, southeastern Kenya, after attending the annual Maasai Olympic Games competition at Kimana Wildlife Sanctuary. .
“Everything was fine until seven or eight minutes into the flight the plane’s engine suddenly went silent,” Rudisha, 33, who won gold in London 2012 and Rio 2016, told the Daily Nation.
“(The pilot) saw a clear space where the plane tried to land, but one of its wings hit a tree as the plane began to spin before landing in a rocky field,” he said.
“We all got out alive with some injuries treated before all but one was released,” he said.
Stephen Ole Marai, president of Kenya Masters Athletics and former middle-distance runner, he was taken to a hospital in Nairobi for specialist treatment after sustaining rib injuries.
“It was a scary episode where you hold your heart in your hand while praying to God,” added Rudisha, who is also the 800m world champion in 2011 and 2015.
“The pilot did an incredible job to keep the plane afloat and stable for a long time,” said the man who survived a serious car accident.
Source: La Verdad
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