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Red aRRow
April 25th, 2003, 03:49 PM
Pakistani army helicopter crashes


A Pakistani army helicopter has crashed into mountains in the north of the country, killing 13 people.
The M-17 helicopter was on a routine flight in the Astore region, about 260 kilometres (160 miles) from the capital, Islamabad, when it went down, military officials said.

A spokesman for the armed forces, Saulat Raza, said there were no survivors amongst those on board.

"An inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident," he said.


Pakistan's air force chief died in a Fokker-27 in February
Brigadier Raza told the BBC that 11 bodies had been recovered so far.

Helicopters are frequently used in the region as roads are often inaccessible.

In February the commander of Pakistan's air force, Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir, was killed along with his wife and a number of officials when their Fokker-27 aircraft crashed in the north-west of the country.

There are several air force bases in north-western Pakistan, which were used during anti-Soviet operations in the 1980s and also for continuing US-led operations in Afghanistan.


LINK HERE (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2975783.stm)



WebMaster
April 25th, 2003, 04:27 PM
Such a sad story. Condolences for the families of the dead.
Destroyer
April 25th, 2003, 05:05 PM
My Condolenses to the families... :( is it me or are alot of our aircarft crashing these days??
ullu
April 26th, 2003, 05:58 PM
:( :( :(

Condolences for the famalies...

btw,

17 people in one helo? Isn't that bit too much?
Red aRRow
April 27th, 2003, 08:28 AM
Not surprising since the MI-17 has a capacity of 30 troops.
DarkAngel
April 28th, 2003, 03:06 PM
7 officers in there as well
Nucleas
May 7th, 2003, 06:43 PM
Damn!!!!! Aircrafts, Submarine and now Choppers....God bless all....I hope Wahe guru gives the strength to fallen soldiers, officers & civilians, if any..
muslim282
September 28th, 2004, 10:20 AM
Good Men
War or no War....their life is always on the line.
Ready to serve in any compacity they may be needed.
May Allah reward them with heaven.
lamdacore
September 28th, 2004, 04:27 PM
It sure is a very sad news but isn't it a bit to late to pay our condolences muslim282. The news is more than a year old!
muslim282
September 28th, 2004, 06:06 PM
Never too late for those who died for their nation.
1 year or 30 years.
mysterious
September 29th, 2004, 01:56 AM
May they all 'rest in peace'.
sukhoi47
September 29th, 2004, 05:12 AM
This news item is more than a year old.

[Admin edit: Keep off topic BS out of this.]
lamdacore
September 29th, 2004, 08:07 AM
This news item is more than a year old :D:
Isnt it obvious. It says that in Feb the air chief got killed.

The last copter crash was in august 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3537740.stm


The only current news involving pakistani army in BBC is
Convoy raid kills Pakistan troops
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3693996.stm

Pakistan army accused of abuses
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3687526.stm

Pakistani troops killed by mines
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3697084.stmthat has already been pointed out sukhoi47! but like muslim282 said:

"Never too late for those who died for their nation.
1 year or 30 years."

i hope that gets accross ;)