Posted on 05/08/2015 7:06:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A military helicopter carrying foreign diplomats crashed in northern Pakistan Friday, killing at least seven people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines, and injuring several others.
The Pakistani Mi-17 chopper was flying to the mountainous northern region of Gilgit to check on development projects when it crashed into a school and caught fire with 17 people aboard, Reuters reported the Pakistan Foreign Office said.
Local media said there were 11 foreigners and six Pakistanis on the downed helicopter. Norwegian Ambassador Leif Larsen, Philippine Ambassador Domingo Lucenario, the wives of the ambassadors of Malaysia, Habibah Mahmud, and Indonesia, Hery Listyawati, plus the two pilots and a crew member died in the accident, military spokesman Asim Bajwa said via Twitter.
At least 13 other people were injured, The Washington Post reported Friday. Bajwa said the ambassadors of the Netherlands and Poland were injured. The ambassadors of South Africa, Romania, and Lebanon were also on board, according to a flight list obtained by Reuters.
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Where’s john f’n kohn-heinz-kerry?
This seems to be a bad year for choppers.
Sure it wasn't intentional?
I'd be damned if I ever went to that fecal mound of a country, no less ride in one of their hellacopters.
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