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Pak Army helicopter crashes in Chenab, pilots missing

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Press Trust of India Lahore

Search teams comprising civilian and military personnel found the wreckage in Wazirabad area of Gujranwala district though there was no trace of its two-member crew, officials said.

A pilot and a trainee pilot were aboard the helicopter when it came down at a spot about 100 km from Lahore.

The helicopter was on a routine flight from a base in Gujranwala when it lost contact with the control tower, officials said.

According to eyewitnesses, the small helicopter crashed into the Chenab river.

  

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First Published: May 23 2012 | 8:35 PM IST

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