Pilot who survived week in the wild to continue flying

A KENYAN pilot who survived more than a week eating leaves and drinking his urine after crashing in dense forest says he will continue flying, despite cheating death in his second accident in two years.

Captain Solomon Nyanjui of the Kenya Wildlife Service was feared dead after his helicopter went missing during a November 15 flight from Isiolo town to the capital Nairobi. But heavy vegetation slowed his speed as he lost power and crashed near snow-capped Mount Kenya.

“I realised even leaves are sweet because I fed on them for a while in the jungle,” Mr Nyanjui told reporters from his hospital bed,