Peshawar:
A Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government helicopter who provided flooding articles crashed into a tribal district on Friday, killing all five crew members, provincial officials said.
The MI-17 aircraft went down to the Mohmand district while on his way to the flooding Salarzai area of the Bajaur District, after losing contact in bad weather, Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur told journalists. The dead included two pilots.
Search Teams later placed the wreck in Pandiali Tehsil from Mohmand, CM Gandapur said, confirming that there were no survivors. The provincial government declared a mourning day of flags to be winged to half -mast, saying the crew would be buried with full state of state.
“These individuals lost their lives while helping others during this crisis,” said the minister of chief. “Their victim will be remembered.”
The accident happened when KP wheels from heavy monsoon rain, which has triggered severe floods in SWAT, Buner and Bajaur districts, killed dozens and expel thousands. Another provincial helicopter remains deployed in rescue operations in buns.
Weatherman has predicted more rainfall in the coming days, which could aggravate the flood and inhibit the relief work.
