On 1 June 1975, during Madaraka Day celebrations in Nairobi, a Kenya Air Force Hawker Hunter jet fighter taking part in the ceremonial fly-past dived too low and crashed into the Railway Golf Course before skidding across nearby railway yards in flames. The impact occurred only a few hundred yards from where President Jomo Kenyatta was addressing the crowd. Both crew members were killed instantly, and a companion Hunter was forced to make an emergency landing at Nairobi International Airport, na