NAIROBI, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Seven people, a pilot and six tourists, were killed on Wednesday when the helicopter they were flying in crashed in Kenya’s Samburu county, a police report showed.
The aircraft was flying to the Loisaba Conservancy when it crashed, according to a preliminary report from Archers Post police station seen by Reuters.
The police report did not give the nationalities of the tourists.
Luxury tour agency &Beyond confirmed that a helicopter carrying its guests had crashed near Mount Ololokwe. The company said in a statement that local authorities were investigating and that the cause of the crash was yet to be determined.
(Reporting by Humphrey Malalo and Vincent Mumo Nzilani in Nairobi, Elias Biryabarema in Kampala and Nilutpal Timsina in Johannesburg;Editing by Alexander Winning and Alex Richardson)
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