Helicopter crash on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro kills 5, aviation authority says
Elephants walk in Amboseli National Park in front of Kilimanjaro mountain, Kenya, March 17, 2017.
PHOTO: Reuters
PUBLISHED ONDecember 26, 2025 1:53 AM
DAR ES SALAAM — A helicopter crashed on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, killing five people, the civil aviation authority said on Thursday (Dec 25), 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 the 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 above sea level.
The crash happened between 4,670 and 4,700 metres, Mwananchi reported.
Around 50,000 tourists climb Kilimanjaro annually.
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