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. The helicopter crashed near the mountain’s Barafu Camp on Wednesday, Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.Mwananchi newspaper and East Africa ‍TV, citing Kilimanjaro region’s head of police, Simon ‍Maigwa, reported ‍that the helicopter ⁠was on ‌a medical rescue ⁠mission. Among the ‍dead were a guide, a doctor, ⁠the pilot and two foreign tourists, Mwananchi cited ‌Maigwa as saying, without giving the tourists’ nationalities.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, is nearly 6,000 meters (20,000 ‍ft) above sea level. The crash happened between 4670 and 4700 meters, Mwananchi reported.Read more:Yellowstone, Kilimanjaro glaciers among those set to vanish by 2050: UNESCOTanzania deploys army