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The wreckage of the helicopter that crashed at Ololokwe in Samburu county on August 20, 2026. [Bruno Mutunga, Standard]
Investigators are focusing on weather, human and equipment aspects as the probable cause of the helicopter crash that killed Ecuador’s head of intelligence Michele Sensi-Contugi, his wife, four Americans and the pilot on Wednesday.
The ill-fated chopper went up in flames at the foot of Mt Ololokwe in Samburu County, killing on the spot Sensi-Contugi, the Director General of the National Intelligence Centre of Ecuador and his wife Stephany Maria Hollihan Vasconez de Sensi-Contugi.
Americans killed in the helicopter crash have been identified as Roger Duarte, Adam Navaty, Henry Parra and Jose Suarez while the pilot is Josh Outran. Five bodies were removed from the scene on Wednesday.
