No, this plane did not miss the Kabunde Airstrip runway in Homa Bay County, causing unfortunate deaths

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An aircraft missed the runway at Kabunde Airstrip in Homa Bay county, landing at somebody’s home and resulting in the deaths of a cow, two goats, and a dog.

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The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is False.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. A reverse image search indicates that the aircraft image was initially shared in an article by CNC3 Television on June 24, 2023. CNC3 Television is a privately-owned television station operated by Guardian Media Limited, serving Trinidad and Tobago. The article reported that the aircraft, identified as a Caribbean Airlines ATR with the registration 9Y-TTI, operating as flight BW1502, encountered a bird strike while en route to Tobago.

An article on the same incident was published by Guardian Media Limited, the media sector of ANSA McAL, a Trinidadian-based company.

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No, this plane did not miss the Kabunde Airstrip runway in Homa Bay County, causing unfortunate deaths

The image shows a Caribbean Airlines ATR aircraft that experienced a bird strike in June 2023 while en route to Tobago.

According to aviation data sourced from flightradar24.com, the aircraft safely landed at the ANR International Airport at 6:45 am.

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