# Seven killed in Kenya helicopter crash, mostly foreign tourists

https://mins.news/en/item/26608

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-19 19:53 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/seven-mostly-tourists-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-northern-kenya?traffic_source=rss

> A safari helicopter crashed in a remote area of northern Kenya’s Samburu County, killing all seven people aboard. The dead included Ecuador’s intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi, his wife Stephany Hollihan and NBCUniversal journalist Jose Alberto Suarez; the US State Department said five US citizens were among the victims. An investigation is under way.

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