Three people were feared dead as a Rangers
helicopter crashed into the Indus River in central Pakistan Wednesday
morning,
reported local Urdu TV channel ARY.
According to the report, two pilots survived by swimming to the
shore of the river while three others on board including the top
official of Punjab Rangers Director General Muhammad Nawaz were feared
dead.
The accident took place at about 10:30 a.m. local time shortly after
the helicopter took off from Deraghazi Kan, a city nearby the Indus
River in central Pakistan. The chopper was heading towards Peshawar,
said the report
Before the helicopter crashed into the Indus River, the pilot
informed the control tower on the ground about the poor visibility. Xinhua
