A crew of five died after a helicopter of the Gilgit-Baltistan government crashed in Diamer District’s Chilas town on Monday, officials said.
“One of our helicopters has crashed in Thor, Chilas,” GB government spokesperson Faizullah Faraq said in a statement.
He added that there were two pilots and three technical staff on board the aircraft. Diamer Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abdul Hameed, in a statement, also said: “Reportedly, five casualties occurred due to [helicopter] crash.”
SSP Hameed confirmed to Dawn.com that the helicopter belonged to the Pakistan Army.
The helicopter was conducting a test landing on a newly proposed helipad, he said. Diamer police and rescue teams had reached the incident site and started evacuation, the officer added.
While the official said the cause of the crash was yet to be ascertained, the GB government spokesperson cited a “technical failure”.
Earlier this month, a rescue helicopter crashed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, killing two pilots and three crew members. The helicopter was dispatched with supplies following flash flooding in the region.
In 2024, at least six people died and eight others were critically injured after a helicopter of a petroleum company crashed near the Shewa oil field in North Waziristan.
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