A Kenyan pilot and four foreigners - including three Americans - have died after a small plane carrying them from Kenya's Maasai Mara nature reserve crashed in the west of the country, police said Wednesday. "There were five occupants in the plane and they did not survive," said Edward Mwamburi, police chief for the Rift Valley region. He said the Cessna plane was heading from the famed Maasai Mara to Lodwar, near Lake Turkana, which is also popular with tourists.

"There was a Kenyan pilot on board and four foreign nationals," said James Mugera, commander with the Kericho police. Three of the foreigners were identified as Americans - two women and a man - while one remained unidentified, a police source told AFP on condition of anonymity. In June last year, a plane belonging to the FlySAX airline crashed on the edge of the Aberdares mountain range, leaving 10 people dead.

Kenya has a vibrant airline industry, with national airline Kenya Airways operating internationally and locally alongside successful low-cost airlines and charter companies.

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