US EditionFive crew dead after helicopter crash in Pakistan
The crash killed five crew members including two pilots during a mission to deliver aid amid heavy monsoon floods that caused 164 deaths in northern Pakistan, officials said.
- According to an official update, a helicopter crashed in the Changi Banda area with five people later confirmed dead, amid ongoing monsoon floods in Pakistan.
- Losing contact due to bad weather, the helicopter was overwhelmed by storms, with Gandapur confirming the crash occurred amid ongoing monsoon rains in flood-hit areas.
- Soon after the crash, the government involved another helicopter for relief operations, and a second provincial government chopper remains engaged in rescue efforts.
- The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa declared Saturday a day of mourning with national flags at half-mast and will bury the fallen crew members with full state honours.
- The monsoon season has claimed over 370 lives and injured more than 740 in northern Pakistan, AFP reports, amid ongoing severe flooding and a recent helicopter crash.
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Flash floods triggered by torrential rains kill more than 280 people in India and Pakistan
In Pakistan, a helicopter carrying relief supplies to the flood-hit northwestern Bajaur region crashed due to bad weather, killing all five people on board, including two pilots, a government statement said.
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