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5 killed in helicopter crash on Tanzania's Mt Kilimanjaro

The wreckage of a police helicopter which crashed in a farm in Ciomburu, Imenti North in Meru County on June 13, 2020.[FILE,Standard]

Five people were killed, including two Czech tourists, after a helicopter crashed on Mount Kilimanjaro, the authorities in Tanzania announced on Thursday.

All five people on board the aircraft died in Wednesday's crash, which happened 4,700 metres (15,400 feet) up by Camp Barafu, the country's aviation authority said.

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