A chopper has crashed successful cardinal Kenya astatine Mount Ololokwe successful Samburu county, sidesplitting each six radical connected board, aerial mishap officials person told the BBC.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Department said the identities of those connected committee were yet to beryllium confirmed. Local media is reporting that the chopper was carrying tourists.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said the mishap happened astatine astir 09:13 section clip (06:13 GMT).
It said the chopper was connected a scenic formation from a wildlife conservancy successful Losaiba to Ewaso Nyiro, a stream that flows on respective nationalist reserves.
An representation shared online shows fume arsenic the clang tract astatine Mount Ololokwe.
The Kenya Red Cross has told the BBC that the country is not yet accessible, but drones are being utilized to measure the scene.
The KCAA said the mishap progressive a Eurocopter EC130 B4 and it said it was co-ordinating operations.
The transport ministry and Air Accident Investigations Department would pb "investigations into the circumstances surrounding the accident", it added.
Helicopter crashes are not uncommon successful Kenya.
In February, a chopper clang successful the Rift Valley region of Nandi killed six people, including a subordinate of parliament.
In 2024, the subject chief, Gen Francis Omondi Ogolla, died aft an service chopper that was carrying 11 radical crashed successful the westbound of the country, with lone 2 survivors.
In June 2021 astatine slightest 10 soldiers were killed erstwhile their chopper crashed portion landing adjacent the capital, Nairobi.
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