Tragedy in Kenya: Italian Michele Sensi-Contugi dies in tourist helicopter crash

Tragedy in Kenya: Italian Michele Sensi-Contugi dies in tourist helicopter crash
Rescuers are at work at the site of a tourist helicopter accident that, according to police, caused numerous casualties in Samburu County, Kenya, on August 19, 2026. Kenya Red Cross/Photo provided via REUTERS   via REUTERS

There are seven dead, including the Italian Michele Sensi-Contugi, of Tuscan origin, and his wife Stephany Hollihan Vascones, in the crash of a helicopter that occurred today in Kenya, near Mount Ololokwe, in Samburu County.

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Tragedy in Kenya: Italian Michele Sensi-Contugi dies in tourist helicopter crash

On board the aircraft were six tourists and the pilot.

The accident was confirmed by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (Kcaa).

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The death of Sensi-Contugi and his wife was confirmed by sources close to the Ecuadorian government, according to the Primicias newspaper website.

Sensi-Contugi, born in Italy in 1982 to an Italian father and Ecuadorian mother, had been head of Ecuador’s Strategic Intelligence Center (Cies) and, in 2024, had also held the position of Government Minister during Daniel Noboa’s presidency, to whom he was considered close. He had also been involved in business and was among the financiers of Noboa’s 2023 election campaign.

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