A helicopter carrying officials accompanying President Pervez Musharraf on a visit to 2005 earthquake-hit areas crashed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Monday, killing four persons onboard and injuring his spokesman.Musharraf, who was in another helicopter flying ahead, reached his destination safely, military spokesman Maj Gen Waheed Arshad said.The medium-lift Puma helicopter, which was carrying the President’s spokesman, Maj Gen (retired) Rashid Qureshi, and other officials, crashlanded at Majohi near Garhi Dupatta in the Jhelum valley after catching fire.An army brigadier, two soldiers and a PTV cameraman were killed, while Qureshi received some injuries, officials said.Qureshi and four others who were injured were taken to a hospital in Muzaffarabad in PoK. Arshad, who blamed a “technical fault” for the crash, said the presidential spokesman is out of danger.The President and his team were leaving Muzaffarabad when a fire broke out in one of the three helicopters escorting Musharraf, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing. The Army has launched a probe into the crash.
