RAWALPINDI: All five crew members, including two pilots, were martyred when a Pakistan Army helicopter crashed near Thakdas Cantonment in Gilgit-Baltistan on Monday.
At around 1000 hours, an MI-17 helicopter crash-landed near Hudor village, approximately 12 kilometers from Thakdas Cantonment. The helicopter, which was on a routine training flight, developed a technical fault and went down. As a result, all crew members on board embraced martyrdom.
The martyrs were Major Atif (Pilot in Command), Major Faisal (Co-pilot), Naib Subedar Maqbool (Flight Engineer), Havildar Jahangir (Crew Chief), and Naik Amir (Crew Chief). Training missions are a regular part of Army Aviation’s activities to maintain operational readiness for tasks ranging from operational support to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. “Pakistan Army remains committed to ensuring readiness in all facets,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.