According to intelligence sources there was communication between ground controls ruling out this possibility. Police and media reports indicate poor weather which we rule out due to the Eurocopter AS350 B3e Ecureuil helicopter navigation capabilities. This helicopter can fly in very high altitude and land very quickly if the sensors report a navigational, mechanical, or electrical fault. Intelligence gathered from the ground verify the fact that weather was not bad nor was there a sudden change of the weather that such a helicopter could not withstand and navigate through.
We are left with two causes, operator/pilot error, and loss of control. Strategic Intelligence psychoanalysis of the scenario finds the cause of the problem as within the context of these two factors and if not, an interference with the aircraft mechanical and electrical system before takeoff since the flight plan must have been commissioned.
This begs the question, was the pilot, a lady pilot named Cpt Gituanja, a mother of 3, and a feted pilot under a psychological problem that could provoke piloting error and subsequent loss of control? If she is a mother, working on a Sunday can be stressful besides hazardous to her lifestyle/family life. Women are less adaptive to conditions that separate them from their children and she could have been distracted causing this operator error and subsequent loss of control causing a crash.
This fact fails to hold since intelligence gathered by Strategic Intelligence shows that the pilot was highly competent. Two, the helicopter was emitting smoke as it crashed and was attempting to turn back to Nairobi from where it took off.
The operator error manifests as a single most important aspect. If she identified the mechanical error that caused an engine problem (that caused the exposition and the burning of the helicopter, she could have land the helicopter on the nearest ground and evacuate. Critical minutes are lost in panic mode. As such, we verify the pilot error holds but at a very critically limited time.
What caused the malfunction that led to the burning of the helicopter? Was the helicopter serviced fully? Was there an electrician who serviced and checked the electrical system of the helicopter? Where was the helicopter serviced and stored? Is it safe enough?