September 28, 2024 - 3:41 AM
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A helicopter crash due to engine failure has killed seven people and injured seven others in Pakistan’s northwest, a security official said Saturday.
The chartered flight was transporting employees of Mari Petroleum when it crashed in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Three Russians — two pilots and a crew member — were on board. The security official didn't say if they were among the dead.
He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
There were no signs of sabotage and the injured were taken to a military hospital in the town of Thal, said the official.
“A technical fault occurred in the helicopter while taking off,” he said. “The tail rotor hit the ground while making an emergency landing and an investigation into the accident has started.”
The crash site, Shewa oil field, is about 200 kilometers (124 miles) southwest of the provincial capital Peshawar.
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