A Kenyan pilot and four Americans on board a helicopter lost their lives after their aircraft crashed on a remote island in Lake Turkana in in northwest Kenya on Sunday night.
Police said on Monday that the chopper came down in Central Island National Park at around 8 pm, killing everyone on board.
The bodies have been retrieved from the site as police try to establish the cause of the crash.
“Available information indicates that two helicopters had landed earlier at Labolo tented Camp on the National Park’s Island, however one managed to clear the area safely,” Kenya’s National Police Service said on Twitter.
Police did not identify the victims, saying next of kin had to be notified first.
The crash comes less than a month after three Americans were among five who died in a plane crash in the west of the country.
Local media stations have however identified the deceased pilot as Captain Marion Magonga, who worked for Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto.
