Military plane crashes, killing 14, including politicians

SHOTLIST
Marsabit area
1. Hill side near Marsabit where plane went down
2. Crowd of people at crash site surrounding wreckage of plane
3. People surrounding tail end of crashed plane
4. Wreckage of crashed plane with dead bodies covered with white body bags
5. Onlookers stand around wreckage
6. Rescuers look through the plane wreckage, onlookers in the background
Nairobi
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan President:
"It is with deep sorrow and regret that I have received the news of the deaths of 13 members of a peace delegation, compromising of assistant ministers members of parliament, senior government officials, senior air force crew, following a military plane crash near Marsabit this morning."
Marsabit area
8. Wreckage of plane
9. Close on interior of burnt out plane
Nairobi - ADDRESS FILMED OFF TV SCREEN
10. SOUNDBITE:(English) Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan President
"In honour of the members of delegation, who lost their lives in the course of duty, I declare three days on national mourning beginning tomorrow (Tuesday) during which the national flag will be flown at half mast. May the Almighty God give strength to the bereaved families and may he also rest the souls of these peacemakers in eternal peace. Thank you. Thank God."
Wilson Airport, Nairobi
11. Police cordoning off area at Wilson Airport
12. Members of parliament
13. Medics receiving survivors from plane
STORYLINE
A Kenyan cabinet minister, two assistant ministers and four other lawmakers, along with at least seven other people, were killed on Monday when their plane crashed while attempting to land.
Four people were pulled from the burning wreckage alive, witnesses said, but one died on the air journey to Nairobi.
The military plane, which was transporting the government officials to a peace conference in northern Kenya crashed into a hill near the town of Marsabit, 450 kilometres (280 miles) northeast of Nairobi.
The political leaders were due to attend a meeting meant to ease tribal tensions along the Ethiopian border, according to a parliamentary spokesman.
"It is with deep sorrow and regret that I have received the news of the deaths," Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said.
In his televised statement, he declared three days of national mourning "in honour of the members of the delegation".
In January 2003, a plane carrying four cabinet ministers and other people, crashed in western Kenya killing one minister and the two pilots.
A public inquiry into the crash recommended that in the future no more than three cabinet ministers or senior government officials should travel on the same flight for security reasons.
The report also noted that many airstrips in the country were poorly maintained and the government did not allocate enough money for their repair and maintenance.
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