Luxury safari helicopter crash in Kenya kills seven, including five Americans

The tourist aircraft crashed into Mount Ololokwe. Among the dead were a Telemundo executive and a Miami restaurateur.

A safari helicopter crashed Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, killing seven people, including five Americans

A luxury safari helicopter crashed in Kenya with no survivors, according to investigators there. Five of the seven people killed were Americans. Imtiaz Tyab reports.

Seven people, including five Americans, were killed Wednesday when a helicopter taking tourists on a safari crashed in a remote part of northern Kenya. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.

The aviation authority said the aircraft was a Eurocopter EC130 B4.

‘We extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones on their loss.’

Seven people, including five Americans, have been killed in a safari helicopter crash in Kenya.

Seven people, including five Americans, have been killed in a safari helicopter crash in Kenya.

The helicopter crashed at 9:13 a.m. while flying from the Loisaba Conservancy to the Ewaso Nyiro area in Samburu County, according to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority.

Kenya safari helicopter crash kills seven, including five Americans

Kenyan authorities confirmed all seven on board the helicopter have passed away

The accident happened at 09:13 am local time (0613 GMT), according to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), after the aircraft departed from the Loisaba wildlife reserve.

Seven people, including six tourists and a pilot, have died after a helicopter crashed in Samburu County, northern Kenya, on Wednesday. The aircraft went down at about 9:13 a.m. local time after departing from the Loisaba Wildlife Reserve for a scenic flight, according to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. Fredrick Kabunge, Director of the Aircraft Accident […] Seven dead as tourist helicopter crashes in Kenya

A helicopter carrying six tourists and a pilot crashed on Wednesday in Kenya’s Samburu county, north of the capital, Nairobi, killing all those on board, authorities said. The accident happened at 9.13am local time, according to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), after the aircraft departed from the Loisaba wildlife reserve. “There were seven people on board the helicopter, one pilot and six passengers,” Fredrick Kabunge, director of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Department (AAID),...

The cause of the crash has not yet been established, with KCAA saying investigations were underway.