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PK helso assets are so over-worked, its no surprise that this unfortunate accident has happened. God Bless the Shaheeds!
This unit had come from US after maintenance and modifications and was on it's test flight to/from Gyari as some media reports say. Possibility are, it maybe equipped for the recovery operation in some way but it didn't quite work out. This was first flight after returning from USA if I am not wrong.
Mi17 maintenance in US?? Very very unlikely and improbable.
Some add ons on the heli might be a possibility, but surely they would have been on the exterior rather than in the engines or transmission. (if they were for a rescue effort)
Maybe some new fuel formulas or power problem(it was after takeoff), sudden wind, anything is a possibility at this stage.
I think the helicopter was given by USA. USA does maintain a fleet of Mi17s, and i think some years back they gave Pakistan some of them.
Yes, they do have some Mi-17's.
but the point that Last Hope made was that the heli went for repair to US.