Pakistan helicopter crash kills two ambassadors

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Friday 08 May 2015 - 13:53 Makkah mean time-19-7-1436 Pakistani military helicopter (Image from Internet) Islamabad (IINA) – A Pakistan military helicopter carrying diplomats to the launch of projects in northern Pakistan crashed on Friday killing six people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines and the wives of the ambassadors of Malaysia and Indonesia, Reuters reported, citing the army. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was traveling to the mountainous northern region of Gilgit on a separate aircraft to launch two projects when the accident happened. He returned to Islamabad, his office said. Military spokesman Asim Bajwa said in a Twitter post that as well as the four foreigners, the two pilots were killed. He said the ambassadors of Poland and the Netherlands were among the injured. Media said 11 foreigners and six Pakistanis were on board the MI-17, which crashed into a school in Gilgit and caught fire. AB/IINA