Mi 17 crashed in Tarbela

[HAIDER]

wait for further update Pilot killed in crash.

TARBELA: A military helicopter crashed near Tarbela, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing at least one, a military source confirmed Monday evening.

The helicopter was on a routine night training flight when it crashed at Tarbela. An army officer has been killed in the incident.

Air accidents involving Mi-17 in Pakistan include a 2004 crash near Karak in which 13 soldiers were killed; a 2007 crash near Muzzafarabad on the occasion of inauguration of development projects there; one in 2009 in Kurram Agency in which 41 people were killed; and another in Skardu in 2012 in which five people died.

Other than the Skardu crash, whose cause is still not known, the rest were said to have been caused because of technical reasons.

 

[Mentee]

 

[Imran Khan]

training ? Schweizer 300C again ?

 

[Parul]

Rest in peace.

 

[barbarosa]

ALLAH ALMIGHTY grant him place in Jannat ul Firdos. AAmeen

 

[Zarvan]

We need to slowly start replacing old MI-17 it has started to become our flying coffins

 

[T-72M1]

RIP, what kind of helo was it ?

 

[313baberali]

Lt-Col Tauqir

The MI-17 aircraft of Pakistan army was on a routine night trainee mission before crashing at Tarbela near Rawalpindi.

“Lt-Col Tauqir has embraced martyrdom as a result of the crash,” according to the ISPR. – SAMAA

 

[muhammadali233]

An Army helicopter on routine night training flight crashed at Tarbela.
Lt Col Tauqir has embraced Shahaadat in the result of MI 17 crash انا لله و إنا إله راجعون
Co pilot Maj Usama is injured ,the rest passengers are safe

 

[barbarosa]

Is it transport helicopter and which country has made it?

 

[litman]

mi 17 is proving to be flying coffin. too many mi 17 crashes in last year or so.

 

[Zhukov]

mil mi 17 is a russian transpot helicopter. Its from the most used utlity helicopter series in the world

 

[Ankit Kumar]

RIP to the men in uniform.

But the Mi17s are quite robust platforms.Is Tarbela mountainous area?

 

[kmc_chacko]

Is it transport helicopter and which country has made it?

Russia

 

[jammersat]

RIP , inna li allah wa inna elayhe rajeun' , mil 17 is indeed a flying coffin