Seven people, mostly foreign tourists, killed in helicopter crash in Kenya

Ecuador’s intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi and NBCUniversal journalist Jose Suarez are among the dead.By AFP and The Associated PressPublished On 19 Aug 202619 Aug 2026A helicopter taking tourists on a safari has crashed in a remote part of northern Kenya, killing all seven people on board, including an Ecuadorian official and an American journalist.The helicopter crashed at 9:13am local time (06:13 GMT) on Wednesday while flying from the Loisaba Conservancy to the Ewaso Nyiro area in Samburu County, according to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, which said in a statement that an investigation was under way.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Eleven killed in Kenya plane crash near Maasai Mara National Reservelist 2 of 3Medical plane crash in Kenya kills at least six, injures twolist 3 of 3Bus carrying mourners overturns in Kenya, killing 25 peopleend of listHelicopter crashes have happened with increasing regularity in Kenya, which has a vibrant tourism industry that depends on domestic carriers to ferry visitors to distant places like Mount Ololokwe.Six passengers and the pilot were on board the helicopter, officials said. David Nkoroi, the police commander fo...