‘There were no survivors’: Pakistan army chopper crashes in PoK’s Muzaffarabad

Rescue and recovery teams were rushed to the site and a board of inquiry constituted to determine the exact technical cause of the crash.

A “technical fault” sent a Pakistani military helicopter crashing to the ground seconds after take-off, killing everyone on board, the army has said.

“There were no survivors,” Pakistan military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said. The exact number of those killed in the crash wasn’t revealed.

Rescue and recovery teams were rushed to the site where Pakistan Army Aviation’s Mi-17 helicopter crashed. A board of inquiry has been constituted to determine the exact technical cause of the crash.

Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and all ranks of the army “express deep grief over the tragic loss of precious lives and extend heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families”, ISPR said.

This crash revived memories of another similar incident from September 2025, when five personnel were killed after an army helicopter crashed in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district. That crash was also blamed on a “technical fault”.

In August 2025, a helicopter of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government crashed in the Mohmand district due to bad weather, killing two pilots and three crew members.

With inputs from PTI

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A “technical fault” sent a Pakistani military helicopter crashing to the ground seconds after take-off, killing everyone on board, the army has said.

“There were no survivors,” Pakistan military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said. The exact number of those killed in the crash wasn’t revealed.

Rescue and recovery teams were rushed to the site where Pakistan Army Aviation’s Mi-17 helicopter crashed. A board of inquiry has been constituted to determine the exact technical cause of the crash.

Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and all ranks of the army “express deep grief over the tragic loss of precious lives and extend heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families”, ISPR said.

This crash revived memories of another similar incident from September 2025, when five personnel were killed after an army helicopter crashed in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district. That crash was also blamed on a “technical fault”.

In August 2025, a helicopter of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government crashed in the Mohmand district due to bad weather, killing two pilots and three crew members.

With inputs from PTI