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A chopper crashed connected Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, sidesplitting 5 people, the civilian aviation authority said connected Thursday (December 25, 2025), portion section media reported that the craft was connected a aesculapian rescue mission. The chopper crashed adjacent the mountain’s Barafu Camp connected Wednesday, Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.
Mwananchi newspaper and East Africa TV, citing Kilimanjaro region’s caput of police, Simon Maigwa, reported that the chopper was connected a aesculapian rescue mission. Among the dormant were a guide, a doctor, the aviator and 2 overseas tourists, Mwananchi cited Maigwa arsenic saying, without giving the tourists’ nationalities.
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, is astir 6,000 meters (20,000 ft) supra oversea level. The clang happened betwixt 4670 and 4700 metres, Mwananchi reported.
Around 50,000 tourists ascent Kilimanjaro annually.
