Islamabad: A government helicopter crashed in Pakistan’s Northern Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district on Monday morning, killing all six people on board, officials said.

The helicopter crashed while making a test landing on a new proposed helipad in a mountainous tourist area, said Abdul Hamid, a senior police officer in Diamer.

Among the dead are two pilots and three technical staff. The accident took place around 10:00 am local time. The helicopter was owned by the Gilgit-Baltistan government.

The incident is reminiscent of another accident a few weeks ago, in which a Mi-17 helicopter engaged in flood relief operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province crashed, killing five crew members.

There have been many incidents of helicopter crashes in Pakistan in recent years. In 2022, five soldiers and a senior army officer were killed in another accident in Balochistan during flood relief work.