Article Posted on : - May 24, 2012

LAHORE (PTI): A Pakistan Army helicopter with two personnel on board crashed into the Chenab river in Punjab province Wednesday while on a routine flight, officials said.A pilot and a trainee pilot were aboard the helicopter when it came down at a spot located 100 km from Lahore.

The helicopter was on a routine flight from a base in Gujranwala when it lost contact with the control tower, official said.

According to Mumtaz Rathore, a correspondent of a TV news channel, witnesses said they had seen the small helicopter crashing into the Chenab river.

The fate of the pilots could not immediately be ascertained.