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by Staff Writers Islamabad (AFP) July 11, 2012
An army helicopter crashed during a test flight in northern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people on board, the military said. The MI-17 helicopter came down on the runway of an airport in the northwestern city of Skardu. "According to initial report, five persons including a pilot embraced shahadat (martyrdom)," in the crash, the military said in a statement. It added three others, including a pilot, were injured. Further details including the nature of the fault that led to the crash were not immediately available.
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