Helicopter Crash on Mount Kilimanjaro Kills Five
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Five people were killed after a helicopter crashed on Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania, the country\u2019s civil aviation authority said on Thursday, Reuters reported. The victims included two Tanzanians\u2014a mountain guide and a doctor\u2014the Zimbabwean pilot, and two tourists from the Czech Republic, according to Tanzania National Parks.<\/p>\n
The aircraft went down near Barafu Camp on Wednesday at an altitude of about 4,700 metres, officials said. Local media, citing regional police, reported that the helicopter was conducting a medical evacuation mission at the time of the crash. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa\u2019s highest peak, attracts around 50,000 climbers each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Helicopter Crash on Mount Kilimanjaro Kills Five …….. Five people were killed after a helicopter crashed on Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania, the country\u2019s civil aviation authority said on Thursday, Reuters reported. The victims included two Tanzanians\u2014a mountain guide and a doctor\u2014the Zimbabwean pilot, and two tourists from the Czech Republic, according to Tanzania National …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"yoast_head":"\n