Nairobi Airport Shut for Several Hours after Crash Landing

The Kenyan capital's main international airport was shut for several hours on Sunday following the crash-landing of a domestic flight, airport officials said.

The Kenyan Airports Authority said a Fokker 50 flying from Wajir in the northeast and operated by Skyward suffered landing gear failure and landed on its belly at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, blocking the sole runway. No casualties were reported.

The airport was shut for close to five hours, with inbound flights diverted to the port city of Mombasa and outbound flights suspended while a crane was brought in to clear the runway, officials said.