Tag: helicopter
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Governor KP faces criticism for using state helicopter along with family and friends
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali is being slammed for using a state helicopter along with his family and friends from the trader community during a recent visit to Swat, as per a report from Geo News. A video of the Governor with his grandsons and acquaintances boarding the chopper went viral on social media. In…
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KP govt amends law to allow official helicopter to be used by private individuals
A number of social media users claimed that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly had enacted special legislation allowing for the use of government aircraft by private individuals, but it wasn’t clear whether the information was legit until Geo Fact Check verified it. Several Twitter users, on November 14, tweeted that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government was implementing…
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir gets its first-ever commercial airline
In an attempt to promote tourism in the area, President Dr Arif Alvi has announced commercial helicopter flying operations of Kashmir Air in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The president stated that AJK is gifted with enormous natural beauty and tourist potential and that the business sector should step forward to enhance AJK’s tourism industry…
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Six army personnel martyred in Balochistan helicopter crash
The wreckage of a Pakistan Army aviation helicopter that went missing in Balochistan yesterday has been found and all six Pakistan Army personnel on board have embraced martyrdom, confirmed the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) today. A Pakistan Army aviation helicopter on a flood relief operation in Lasbela, Balochistan, went missing on Monday at 5:30pm when…
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‘Theatrics of Usman Buzdar’: CM Punjab gets trolled for helicopter survey of Murree
Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar on Sunday arrived in Murree to review the rescue operation in the area after at least 22 people died in their snow-trapped cars. The CM’s visit received a lot of criticism as he did an ‘aerial survey’ of Murree. CM Buzdar arrived in his helicopter and overlooked the…
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Indian army helicopter with Defence General Bipin Rawat on board crashes
An Indian Army helicopter with Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and other senior Indian defence officials on board crashed in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor on Wednesday. “An IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, with CDS Gen Bipin Rawat on board, met with an accident today near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu,” confirmed the Indian Air Force official Twitter…
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Rescue operation starts for three mountaineers stranded on Rakaposhi
Helicopters sent to rescue three mountaineers stranded on the Rakaposhi mountain of the Karakoram mountain range arrived in Hunza on Sunday and an operation to bring them back is underway, Geo News reported. As per reports, the three mountaineers include a Pakistani climber Wajidullah Nagri and Czech Republic mountaineers Jakub Vicek and Peter Macek. According…
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Usman Buzdar’s helicopter makes an emergency landing
Chief Minister Usman Buzdar’s helicopter made an emergency landing in Lahore due to strong wind on Thursday evening. Buzdar and his staff members who were travelling from Islamabad to Lahore, remained safe. The chief minister’s helicopter was scheduled to land at Lahore old airport but the wind forced the pilot to divert and land at…
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Farmer buys helicopter to sell milk
An Indian farmer and entrepreneur from Maharashtra has bought a helicopter to increase his dairy business. Janardhan Bhoir recently proceed into the dairy business and decided to invest in a helicopter worth Rs 65,636,511 According to details, Janardhan said he often has to travel to Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat due to his dairy business.…
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Two brothers from Peshawar make Pakistan’s ‘first’ ultralight helicopter
Two brothers from Peshawar, Qazi Sajjad Ahmed and Qazi Tufail Ahmed have built Pakistan’s ‘first’ ultralight helicopter. The two brothers, who belong to Landhi Arbab, a village on the outskirts of the provincial capital, have demonstrated its capability through a successful lift-off. Talking to a private news outlet, Qazi Sajjad Ahmed said, “I had watched a James…