Five people have died after a helicopter crashed on Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania.

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

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…

Five people were killed, including two Czech tourists, after a helicopter crashed on Mount Kilimanjaro, the authorities in Tanzania announced on Thursday.

The helicopter crashed on one of the most popular tourist climbing routes on Mount Kilimanjaro.

Among the dead were a guide, a doctor, the pilot and two foreign tourists. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.