Americans among those killed in Kenya safari tour helicopter crash, State Department says

Five Americans were among seven people killed Wednesday when a helicopter carrying tourists on a safari crashed in a remote area of northern Kenya, U.S. and Kenyan officials said.The helicopter went down at 9:13 a.m. while flying from the Loisaba Conservancy to the Ewaso Nyiro area in Samburu County, according to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. Six passengers and the pilot were aboard the aircraft, and the authority said an investigation into the crash was underway.The U.S. State Department confirmed that five Americans were killed.RELATED: Cruise ships with the worst CDC sanitation scores revealed, see which vessels failed inspectionDavid Nkoroi, the police commander for Samburu, told reporters that all seven people on board had died but did not immediately identify the victims.NBCUniversal said later Wednesday that José Alberto Suárez, president and general manager of Telemundo 31, Telemundo 49 and Telemundo Ft.

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