Pakistan fell a helicopter with the Russians on board: what is known

According to journalists, the helicopter was making a private flight. There were three Russians - two pilots and one crew. At least six people were killed, eight more were injured and taken to a military hospital in Thal as a result of a charter helicopter accident in northern Pakistan, Reuters writes. Among the dead are two officers and sailors of the Navy Pakistan. According to the agency, the aircraft crashed shortly after take -off.

The accident happened near the border with Afghanistan, in the North Vasistan area. Among the 14 people on board were three Russians - two pilots and one crew. The helicopter was chartered by Mari Petroleum Limited Oil Development and Extraction in the northern province of Hiber-Pachtunc. The GeotV channel, citing Mari Petroleum Limited representative, informs that the Mi-8 helicopter has been crashed for technical reasons near the oil field.

He claims that the accident had nothing to do with the security situation. "The helicopter performed personal transportation in the Sheva Bloc Vasiristan," the speaker said. Sheva oil field is located approximately 200 kilometers northwest of the administrative center of Peshavara Province. The Associated Press reports that immediately after the take -off of the helicopter there were technical problems. He began an emergency planting, and his tail screw hit the ground.

After the helicopter accident, the causes and circumstances of the tragedy were investigated. Similar cases in Pakistan are not uncommon. Last September, two Pakistan Navy officers and soldiers were killed after their helicopter crashed in Guadar in Beludzhistan. Then the cause of the accident was named technical problems during training.