(Adnkronos) – A helicopter carrying seven tourists has crashed in Kenya. This is what local media report. The incident was confirmed by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) cited by local media. The aircraft crashed in the Mount Ololokwe area, about 250 kilometers north of Nairobi.”I confirm that there was a helicopter crash. There are no survivors,” a source told AFP, who could not specify the nationality of the people on board. Mount Ololokwe, a sacred mountain of the Samburu people whose peak reaches 2,000 meters in altitude, is an area frequented by hikers and tourists. Several companies offer scenic helicopter flights. On March 1, six people, including a deputy, died in a helicopter crash in western Kenya.
The helicopter was flying from Loisaba to Ewasonyiro when the crash occurred around 09:13 local time,” the Civil Aviation Authority stated. According to local media, the Ministry of Roads and Transport’s Air Accident Investigation Department is investigating the circumstances of the crash. Police had reported that seven tourists were on board the helicopter before it crashed; their nationalities remain unknown
