An air ambulance operated by an African medical charity crashed into a residential neighborhood of Nairobi, killing all on board and two people on the ground.

A small plane carrying medical staff crashed in a densely-populated neighbourhood in Kenya's capital on Thursday afternoon, killing six people, local authorities said.

Images taken by reporters from the AFP news agency on the scene showed huge crowds had gathered, as rescue teams from the Kenya Red Cross and first responders picked through the scattered debris. “The plane started burning while in the air,