'''Kenya Airways Flight 431''' ilikuwa safari ya ndege ya aina ya [[Airbus A310-300]] ambayo ilikuwa imepangwa kimataifa katikati ya [[Abidjan]]-[[Lagos]] na [[Nairobi]]. Ndege hii ilianguka kwenye bahari karibu na pwani ya [[Ivory Coast]], tarehe 30 Januari 2000, saa 21:09:24 GMT , muda mfupi baada ya kutoka kwa uwanja wa Kimataifa wa Felix Houphouët-Boigny.<ref name="BEA">{{Cite web|title= REPORT{{spacedndash}}Accident which occurred on 30 January 2000 in the sea near Abidjan Airport to the Airbus 310-304 registered 5Y-BEN operated by Kenya Airways|url= http://www.bea-fr.org/docspa/2000/5y-n000130a/pdf/5y-n000130a.pdf|accessdate= 2011-5-20|publisher= Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title= Kenyan plane crashes into sea|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/625188.stm|newspaper= BBC News|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/65tgkIWcd|archivedate= {{date|2012-3-3}}}}</ref>Ilikuwa na jumla ya watu 179 huku 169 walikuwa ni abiria.<ref name="BEA"/><ref name="BBC"/><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title= Kenyan plane crashes into sea|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/625188.stm|newspaper= [[BBC News]]|date= 2000-1-31|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/65tgkIWcd|archivedate=date|2012-3-3</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite news|title= Rescuers seek more survivors of Kenya Airways crash|url= http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/01/31/kenya.airways.crash.01/|newspaper= [[CNN]]|date= |2011-1-31|accessdate= 2011-5-20|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20050520005258/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/01/31/kenya.airways.crash.01/|archivedate= 20 May 2005}}</ref><ref name="Over 100 feared dead after Kenyan jet crash">{{cite news|newspaper= [[The Guardian]]|date= 2000-1-31|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/65tgwfkFw|archivedate= 2012-3-3|title= Over 100 feared dead after Kenyan jet crash|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/jan/31/3}}</ref> Hii ilikuwa ni ajali ya kwanza iliyosababisha vifo iliyokumba [[Kenya Airways]].
==Ndege==
Iliyopewa jina ''Harambee Star'', ndege iliyohusika katika ajali ilikuwa aina ya Airbus A310-304, mkia nambari ya usajili 5Y-BEN, ilikuwa imenunuliwa ikiwa mpya na kampuni ya Kenya Airways mnamo 1986.<ref name="ASN">{{cite web|url= http://www.webcitation.org/65tgwfkFw |title=WebCite query result |first= |last= |work=webcitation.org |year=2012 |accessdate=27 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="Airline's sound safety record">{{cite web|url= http://www.webcitation.org/65thC0kug |title=WebCite query result |first= |last= |work=webcitation.org |year=2012 |accessdate=27 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="Airbus' reliability record">{{cite web |url= http://www.webcitation.org/65thSJh3c |title=WebCite query result |first= |last= |work=webcitation.org |year=2012 [last|accessdate=27 August 2012}}</ref>
