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Three personnel of the Pakistani Navy were killed, in a helicopter crash, in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province yesterday, the navy said in a statement.
The helicopter was on its routine training sortie, when it apparently met a technical fault and crashed in Gwadar district, the statement added.
All the three people onboard were killed, including two officers and a soldier, the statement added.
An investigation has been launched into the incident, the statement further added.
Pakistani caretaker Prime Minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, expressed sorrow over the incident and extended condolences to the bereaved families
Source: Nam News Network