All personnel on board a Pakistan Army Aviation Mi-17 helicopter were killed after the aircraft crashed near Muzaffarabad on Wednesday during take-off due to a technical fault, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

In a statement, the military's media wing said rescue and recovery teams reached the crash site immediately after the accident. However, there were no survivors.

"All personnel on board embraced martyrdom. There were no survivors," the ISPR said, adding that a board of inquiry had been ordered to determine the exact technical cause of the crash.

Chief of Defence Staff and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim........

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