There were seven people on the aircraft that crashed in the foothills of Mount Ololokwe, Kenyan officials said. The U.S. State Department said four of the passengers were American and had died.

The helicopter crashed at about 9:13am local time on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, near the mountain in a remote area of Samburu County.

Seven people have been killed in a safari helicopter crash in a remote part of northern Kenya

Kenyan authorities confirmed all seven on board the helicopter have passed away