Xinhua Agency, Nairobi, October 28 (Reporter You Huiyuan) Kenya's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed on the 28th that a small plane crashed in Quale County, a coastal area of Kenya early that morning, killing all 12 people on board.

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement that the plane with the registration number 5Y-CCA was originally planned to fly from the coastal city of Diani to a popular tourist destination in the National Reserve of Marseille.

The Chinese Embassy in Kenya confirmed to reporters that there were no Chinese citizens on the plane.