Nairobi, July 20: Fourteen US tourists have died in a plane crash on Mount Kenya, a Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) official said today. "Fourteen people, all foreign tourists, died last night in a plane crash at top Lenana area on Mount Kenya," KWS operations chief Thomas Gesongori told news agencies by telephone.

Gesongori said that the plane had originated in South Africa and was bound for the Samburu National Park when it crashed at around 6:00 pm (2030 IST) last evning, and that travel documents recovered from the dead indicated that they were from the United States.

The fate of the crew was not immediately known.

Bureau Report