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Six tourists and pilot killed in Kenya helicopter crash
- A helicopter crashed at Mount Ololokwe in Samburu, killing six tourists and the pilot during a scenic flight from Loisaba toward the Ewaso Nyiro river.
- The aircraft (a Eurocopter EC130 B4) went down in a hard-to-reach area; drones are being used to assess the site and authorities have opened an investigation.
- Samburu is a popular, scenic tourist region — the crash follows several recent helicopter accidents in Kenya, prompting safety concerns.
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