NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) 鈥� A helicopter carrying an unknown number of passengers crashed Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, the country’s aviation agency said. The fate of those onboard wasn’t immediately known.
The helicopter crashed 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, which said in a statement that an investigation was underway.
The helicopter crashed in a rugged area in the foothills of Mount Ololokwe, a popular tourist destination in , local media reported. It wasn’t immediately clear if the helicopter was carrying tourists or others.
Tropic Air Kenya, a local safari operator, said in a statement that it dispatched two of its helicopters to aid search and rescue operations.
The aviation authority said the aircraft was a Eurocopter EC130 B4, which can carry up to seven passengers, but didn鈥檛 say how many people were on board.
The Kenya Red Cross said that its emergency response teams were 鈥減articipating in a multiagency response effort as rescue teams work to access the crash site.鈥�
Helicopter crashes have happened with increasing regularity in Kenya, which has a vibrant tourism industry that depends on domestic carriers to ferry visitors to distant places like Mount Ololokwe.
In February, a after a helicopter crash in a hilly area of western Kenya.
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This story has been corrected after a previous version erroneously said that local safari company Tropic Air operated the helicopter.
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