A helicopter carrying the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Thomas Tayebwa suffered an accident on Saturday night in the western district of Mbarara, but there were no casualties, a police spokesperson said on Sunday.
According to the police spokesperson Rusoke Kituuma the near-miss, involving a private Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter reportedly belonging to a local airline BAR Aviation Uganda, occurred at Nyakisharara airfield while Tayebwa and his entourage were on their way back to Kampala, the country’s capital.
Locals reported Sunday that fire was seen coming from the cockpit, causing panic, and the pilot decided to crash land the helicopter.
Tayebwa posted on his social media handle, X, formerly Twitter, on today that no one was injured in the crash. “Dear all, my colleagues and I are all okay. No one is hurt.”
Comments are closed.