Sunbird Aviation

{{Short description|Kenyan airline}} {{refimprove|date=April 2013}} '''Sunbird Aviation''' was an airline in Kenya which merged with Air Kenya in 1987 to form Airkenya Aviation. The airline was owned by the Cole Family.

{{Infobox airline | airline = Sunbird Aviation | logo = Sunbird.png | IATA = - | ICAO = - | callsign = - | ceased = 1987 (merged with Airkenya to form Airkenya Express | fleet_size = 2 w/o | key_people = Cole Family }}

==Accidents and incidents== *One of Sunbird's aircraft, a Beechcraft Super King Air 200, registration number N 821CA was intended to transport the exile government of James Mancham as well as Kenyan military support from Mombasa following the failed 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kamau |first1=John |title=Daily Nation: How Njonjo, Gethi were embroiled in coup plot in Seychelles that embarrassed Moi |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/How-Njonjo-Gethi-were-embroiled-in-Seychelles-coup-plot/1064-2937724-hijdu0/index.html |date=October 31, 2015}}</ref>

*On 15 August 1987, Douglas DC-3 5Y-DAK crashed on approach to Kilaguni Airport. All 28 people on board survived.<ref name=ASN150887>{{cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/326714 |title=5Y-DAK Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=27 July 2010}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/5237 aviation-safety.net]

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