Two-time Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha of Kenya had a slender escape from a aircraft crash whereas coming back from a sporting occasion over the weekend.
A aircraft carrying the world 800m report holder and 5 different passengers crashed in Kajiado County in southeast Kenya on Saturday after participating within the annual Maasai Olympic competitors on the Kimana Wildlife Sanctuary.
The 33-year-old Rudisha, who received gold in London 2012 and Rio 2016, advised the Daily Nation, “It was around seven or eight minutes into the flight that the plane’s engine suddenly went silent.”
“(The pilot saw some clear spot where he tried to land the plane but one of his wings hit a tree as the plane spun before landing on a rocky ground.
“We all got here out alive with a number of comfortable tissue accidents, which have been handled earlier than everybody was discharged apart from one.”
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Rudisha, who was additionally the 2011 and 2015 world 800m champion, mentioned, “It was a scary episode where you hold your heart in your hand and pray to God.”
“The pilot did an incredible job keeping the plane stable and stable for a long period of time.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
