Foreigners who were being flown in a helicopter during a vacation were forced to land to rescue a family involved in an plane crash.
The plane had crashed near a river just few miles from Silale crater in Tiaty West Sub-County, Baringo.
In undated video, the pilot of the helicopter was notified on the radio that another chopper had been missing for two hours.
"We began the search and within minutes we found it leaning in a lake," said one of the tourists.
They found the family on top of the remains of the plane and had to immediately rescue them as the alkaline water was burning their bodies.
"The water was highly alkaline and would burn your skin, the family had survived the crash and were basking in the sun for two hours. They couldn't even wave at us," he said.
"Our pilot could not land there, so he only could habour the chopper a few feet over the crush so James (one of the tourists) had to pull the five family members up for safety," he said.
The family was rescued and the injured pilot taken to hospital.
"We flew them on a trip to the tiny airport 30 miles away. We quickly rinsed everyone with clean water to stop the lake water from burning their skin."
AMREF was on standby and started administering treatment to the family and were finally taken to a hospital in Nairobi.
