Kenya Helicopter Crash Kills Seven

Seven people were killed Wednesday when a safari helicopter crashed in Samburu County, Kenya, with the dead including five Americans and Ecuador intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi Ycaza. Sensi-Contugi’s wife, Stephany Hollihan, was also killed, along with U.S. victims including Telemundo executive José Alberto Suárez and Miami food entrepreneur Roger Duarte. Kenya’s civil aviation authority said the Eurocopter EC130 B4 went down at 9:13 a.m. while flying from Loisaba Conservancy toward the Ewaso Nyiro area near Mount Ololokwe. The aircraft was operated by Lady Lori Kenya, and Kenyan investigators are examining the crash.