Six killed, eight injured as chartered helicopter crashes in North Waziristan

NORTH WAZIRISTAN: At least six people were killed and eight others critically wounded as a chartered helicopter crashed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district on Saturday.

The copter belonged to the Mari Petroleum Company, a public limited company.

The company’s spokesperson said at least 14 people, including three foreign pilots, were flying in the chartered DMI-8 helicopter.

The incident, as per the official, took place because of technical errors near an oil field, the spokesperson added.

Sources told Geo News the three pilots hailed from Russia.

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This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.