David Rudisha, Kenyan Olympic two-time champion has survived a plane crash in his home country. He is a 800 metres world record holder.
33 year-old Rudisha set the 800m world record of 1:40.91 at the London 2012 Olympics before defending his title at Rio 2016.
It was reported that the plane crash occured after a light aircraft suffered engine failure, few minutes after take-off, crash landing upside down.
Rudisha who was one of five passengers who boarded the aircraft that took off from Kimana on Saturday, December 10.
He recounted to Daily Nation that the aircraft’s engine stopped around eight minutes into the flight, which made the pilot to attempt an emergency landing.
“All was well close to seven or eight minutes into the flight when the engine of the plane suddenly went quiet.
“He [the pilot] saw some clear space where he tried to land the plane but one of its wings hit a tree as the plane started to spin before landing on the rocky field.
“We thank God we all came out alive with some soft tissue injuries that were treated before all were discharged save for one.
“It was a scary episode where you hold your heart in your hand as you pray to God. The pilot did an incredible job to keep the plane afloat and stable for long.”
Investigations are currently ongoing by Big Life Foundation, to ascertain the cause of the crash.
Rudisha had earlier in year 2019, survived a car crash which occurred when his SUV crashed into a bus after one of his tyres burst. He came out of the ghastly accident with minor injuries.
Credit: Daily Nation