Red Cross copter missing for four months found in Afghanistan [View All]

Red Cross copter missing for four months found in Afghanistan

KABUL: The wreckage of a helicopter chartered by the Red Cross that went missing four months ago with seven Turkmen on board has been found near the Afghan capital, a Red Cross spokesman said on Friday.

An Afghan government official said pilots who spotted the plane wreckage also reported seeing five bodies, some still trapped in the wreckage, which was found in the northeastern province of Kapisa. “We’ve spotted the wreckage of the chopper,” the official said speaking on condition of anonymity.

He said the bodies were still intact due to freezing weather in the snow-covered mountains. The official did not reveal the exact location due to security concerns.

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Air traffic controllers lost contact with the chopper on January 20 as it was leaving Pakistan, where it had been doing relief work after last year’s October 8 earthquake, to return to its home base in Turkmenistan via Afghanistan.