Pakistani Army Helicopter Crashes in PoK, No Survivor
NEW DELHI, June 10: An Mi-17 helicopter of the Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday killing all personnel on board, the Army said.
“A Mi-17 helicopter of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Muzaffarabad today during take-off due to technical fault,” the military’s media wing said in a statement. “All personnel on board embraced Shahadat (martyrdom),” the military added, without specifying the number of people killed.
“There were no survivors,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan military, said. In a brief statement, it said the accident occurred “during take-off due to a technical fault.”
Rescue and recovery teams immediately reached the crash site. A board of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the exact technical cause of the accident. Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and all ranks of the Army “express deep grief over the tragic loss of precious lives and extend heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families,” the ISPR said.
There has been a heavy security presence in recent days in Muzaffarabad after members of a protest movement said they would hold demonstrations shortly after the local government banned the group under anti-terror laws.
In September 2025, five personnel were killed after an Army helicopter crashed in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district after a “technical fault.” In August 2025, a helicopter of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government crashed in the Mohmand district due to bad weather, killing two pilots and three crew members.
(Manas Dasgupta)
