Student from Kenya dies in US plane crash

A student from Kenya who hoped to become a missionary pilot in Africa after his studies at a U.S. was piloting a rented single-engine plane that crashed in a snowy corn field, killing him and a student passenger, the school said Monday.

Hope College students David Otai, 23, of Nairobi, Kenya, and Emma Biagioni, 20, of Illinois, were aboard the single engine Cessna 172 that crashed Sunday afternoon, said Hope spokesman Tom Renner.

Otai's mother helped run Africa Inland Missions, an air service to missions in central Africa. His goal was to qualify for a commercial pilot's license so he could fly for the service, Renner said.

"He wanted to …