A helicopter with seven people on board crashed Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, the country''s aviation agency said. The fate of the passengers and the pilot 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. It said there were seven people on board - six passengers and the pilot.