Close call: Army helicopter crashes, pilots unhurt

GUJRANWALA: A Pakistan Army gunship helicopter crashed here on Monday. The pilots were slightly injured, but survived. Civil Lines SP Shoaib Khurram said that the chopper had fallen in the Cantonment area in an open place in a factory. He said Major Furqan and Major Imran had jumped out of the chopper using parachutes. The chopper caught fire before it crashed. Army officials and police soon reached the scene and started rescue operation. The pilots were taken to Combined Military Hospital. Police speculated that there had been some mechanical fault in the machine.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 29^th, 2013.