Tourists comment on airport fire while flights redirected to Mombasa
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1. Mid of travellers queuing in airport
2. Travellers with suitcases ++MUTE++
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonia Farsaw, British tourist
Of course I'm on vacation and we just have a few days and (it's our) the first time in Africa and you arrive and want it to be exciting and your first experience is this. So it is very disappointing and we spent a lot of money.
4. Kenya Airways plane on airstrip ++MUTE++
5. Various wides of travellers queuing at the airport ++MUTE++
6. Mid of travellers queuing at airport
7. Aircraft on tarmac
8. SOUNDBITE (English), Michael Krinsler, Swedish tourist
We were redirected here to Mombasa, we are going to Masai Mara so that was not good for us of course, but we managed, or actually our safari tour operator organised a new flight for us from here up to Masai Mara, a direct flight.
9. Various of passengers walking from plane and up stairs into airport
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11. Mid of passengers waiting in airport
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Kenya Immigration Assistant Director, James Nyatigo
So far we have five international flights that have been re-routed to Mombasa .We have one from Amsterdam, Jeddah, one from Bombay and another one from Hong Kong. A total passenger of 1,381 which we have already cleared. We have those passengers who were on transit, they are still in transit awaiting flights to connect them to various destinations. Arrangements are being made to make sure that they join their flights.
13. Mid of passengers walking from plane to airport
14. Various of passengers waiting in airport
15. Passengers boarding a bus to Nairobi ++MUTE++
16. International Arrivals sign in the airport
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Long queues of travellers built up at Kenya's Mombasa airport on Wednesday after five international flights heading for Nairobi had to be diverted there following a massive fire that gutted Nairobi airport's arrivals hall.
At least 1,300 people were affected by the diversion, many holidaymakers on their way to visit Kenya.
I'm on vacation and we just have a few days and (it's our) the first time in Africa and you arrive and want to be excited and the first experience is this. So it is very disappointing and we have spent a lot of money. said British tourist Antonia Farsaw.
Kenya Airways said all of its transit passengers were being moved to hotels and a bus service had been put on to help passengers diverted on their way to Nairobi to reach the Kenyan capital.
We have those passengers who were on transit, they are still in transit awaiting flights to connect them to various destinations. Arrangements are being made to make sure that they join their flights. said immigration officer James Nyatigo.
The Nairobi airport is the busiest in East Africa, and its closure is likely to affect flights throughout the region and beyond.
Kenya's Red Cross said that flights were also being diverted to Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Uganda and the Kenyan cities of Eldoret and Kisumu.
Kenyan authorities are under fire for their slow response to the Nairobi fire, which raged for more than four hours before being contained.
No serious injuries were reported, but two people were treated for smoke inhalation.
Reports in the Kenyan press said there may not have been enough fire engines available to respond.
As in many countries in East Africa, public sector services like police and fire units in Kenya are hobbled by small budgets and outdated or no equipment.
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