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No survivors were reported after an Mi-17 helicopter of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Muzaffarabad on Wednesday during take-off “due to a technical fault”, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
“All personnel on board embraced martyrdom. There were no survivors,” the ISPR said in a statement.
It added that 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,” the military’s media affairs wing said.
