Helicopter crash on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro kills five, aviation authority says

DAR ES ⁠SALAAM, Dec ⁠25 (Reuters) - ‍A helicopter crashed on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, killing ‍five people, the civil aviation authority ​said on Thursday, while local media ​reported that the aircraft was on a medical rescue mission.

Those killed were identified as ​a guide and a doctor - both Tanzanians - the Zimbabwean pilot ​and two tourists from the Czech Republic, the ‌Tanzania National Parks said in a statement.

The helicopter crashed near ​the mountain's Barafu ⁠Camp on Wednesday, Tanzania's Civil Aviation Authority said in ‌a statement.

The Mwananchi newspaper and East Africa TV, citing Kilimanjaro region's ‌head of police, reported that the helicopter ‌was on a medical rescue mission.

Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, is nearly 6,000 ‍metres (20,000 ft) above sea level.

The crash happened between 4,670 ⁠and 4,700 metres, Mwananchi reported.

Around 50,000 tourists climb Kilimanjaro annually.

(Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Saad Sayeed and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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