Helicopter on Rescue Mission Crashes on Mount Kilimanjaro, Killing 5

Two foreigners, who police said had been picked up in a medical evacuation, were among those killed.

A general view of the snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro from Kimana Sanctuary in Kimana, Kenya, on March 2, 2021. Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

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

The accident Wednesday evening happened on one of the most popular tourist climbing routes, in what police said was a rescue mission to pick up patients on the mountain.