Kenya Airways (KQ) flight 100 got huge attention on November 8, 2017 after thousands of internet users in the UK tracked it for hours as it carried British International Development Secretary Ms. Priti Patel who is embroiled in a major scandal back home. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
In Summary:
- The arrival of flight number KQ 100 at Heathrow Airport was cvered live on all major TV channels.
- Ms. Patel was ordered back from Africa by Prime Minister Theresa May following controversy over her meetings with Israeli officials.
- On Twitter, users tracked the development using the hashtag #HasPritiLandedYet.
- Ms. Patel was formally reprimanded in Downing Street on Monday.
Kenya Airways (KQ) got unsolicited advertisement worth millions of shillings after thousands of internet users in the UK tracked one of its flights for hours.
The move came after it emerged that British International Development Secretary Ms. Priti Patel, who is embroiled in a major scandal back home, was aboard the flight.
The arrival of flight number KQ 100 at Heathrow Airport was covered live on all major TV channels.
ORDERED BACK
Ms. Patel was ordered back from Africa by Prime Minister Theresa May following controversy over her meetings with Israeli officials.
She left Nairobi aboard KQ 100 on Wednesday for the eight-hour flight.
More than 22,000 users tracked the flight on flightradar24.com.
And on Twitter, users tracked the development using the hashtag #HasPritiLandedYet.
TV stations deployed helicopters and tracked her limo as it snaked through the busy London streets to 10 Downing Street where she was set to meet with Mrs. May.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said “some kind of development” was expected on Wednesday and Ms. Patel’s sacking seemed “almost inevitable now”.
BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale said the international development secretary had cut short her official trip to Uganda to fly back to the UK. She landed at 15:10 GMT.
With reports from Daily Nation Nairobi
