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Overcrowding may have caused copter crash

Peshawar : Pakistan | 5 months ago  
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A deadly crash of a military transport helicopter in Pakistan may have been caused by overcrowding, an expert says. An unidentified former aviation expert said the MI-17 helicopter involved in Friday's crash that killed 41 security personnel was designed to hold up to 32 individuals or 8,800 pounds...
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