Back Accident d'un Mi-17 de l'armée pakistanaise French Kecelakaan Mil Mi-17 Angkatan Darat Pakistan 2015 ID Kemalangan helikopter Pakistan 2015 Malay پاکستان ہیلی کاپٹر حادثہ 2015ء PNB 2015 Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 crash SIMPLE 2015 Pakistan Ordusu Mil Mi-17 kazası Turkish پاکستان ہیلی کاپٹر حادثہ 2015ء Urdu 2015年巴基斯坦陸軍Mi-17直昇機空難 Chinese
 A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 May 2015 |
| Summary | Loss of control due to mechanical failure |
| Site | Naltar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Mil Mi-17 |
| Operator | Pakistan Army Aviation Corps |
| Flight origin | Gilgit Airport, Pakistan |
| Destination | Naltar Valley, Pakistan |
| Occupants | 20 |
| Passengers | 17 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Injuries | 11 |
| Survivors | 12 |
On 8 May, a Mil MI-17 transport helicopter of the Pakistan Army Aviation Corps crashed in Naltar, in the Gilgit District of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, killing eight people.[1][2] Among the victims were the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines to Pakistan, as well as the spouses of the Indonesian and Malaysian ambassadors to Pakistan, and three crew.[3][4][5]
Government officials and international dignitaries were travelling to the Naltar Valley where the Prime Minister was hosting lunch for the members of the diplomatic corps.[6] Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was scheduled to travel by fixed-wing aircraft, while 32 foreign diplomats and their spouses as well as 25 other Pakistanis were flown in from Islamabad to Gilgit Airport hours earlier, from where a flight of four helicopters was scheduled to transport them to nearby Naltar. Two of the helicopters had already landed at the time of the incident.[7] The helicopter lost control and crashed while landing; the cause of the crash has been attributed to mechanical failure of the helicopter's tail rotor.
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