On August 19–20, 2026, a helicopter crashed in Samburu County, Kenya, killing all seven aboard: Ecuador's intelligence director Michele Sensi-Contugi, his wife Stephany Hollihan, and five U.S. citizens.
On August 19, 2026, a safari helicopter crashed into Mount Ololokwe in Kenya's Samburu County, killing seven people including five U.S. citizens. Among the dead were José Alberto Suárez, president and general manager of Telemundo-owned stations in Florida, and a Miami restaurateur.
Four Americans were killed on August 19, 2026, in a helicopter crash in Samburu County in remote northern Kenya, according to the U.S. State Department.