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India-Pakistan |
Still no clue to missing Red Cross chopper |
2006-01-26 |
A helicopter with seven people aboard that disappeared near the Afghan-Pakistan border following a Red Cross mission to aid quake survivors is still missing after five days, an official said Wednesday. “We are still waiting,” said Red Cross spokeswoman LaylaBerlemont Shtewi said Wednesday. “The search operations are still ongoing on both sides of the border.” Shtewi had no information on whether the search area had been narrowed, or whether efforts had been scaled down. The Russian-made Mi-8 transport chopper disappeared Saturday after taking off from the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. It had been scheduled to land in the Afghan capital, Kabul, before refueling and flying on to neighboring Turkmenistan, where it is based. The International Committee of the Red Cross had chartered the helicopter for relief work in Pakistan. Its crew were employees of Turkmenistan Airlines, which operated the aircraft. No Red Cross staff member was on board. |
Posted by:Fred |
#9 Helos are bad. Russian helos are double bad. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2006-01-26 07:52 |
#8 Bracing for the worst...dog tags and helmets on Aljazeera Night Edition!! |
Posted by: smn 2006-01-26 03:32 |
#7 Not a good prospect for finding the occupants alive. A missile or a trip into a mountside pretty much the same results. |
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-01-26 01:36 |
#6 "For a good time....LaylaBerlmont Shtewi at.." |
Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-01-26 00:47 |
#5 musta been her sister... |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-26 00:26 |
#4 Nothing on google except the story. Layla Berlemont Shtewi, ICRC Addis Ababa, tel. +2511 518 366 That is all. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-01-26 00:24 |
#3 I met her in a bar, I think,...after 20-30 cocktails, her name was ....er...something like that |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-26 00:17 |
#2 My guess is that they're not. I'd also guess it was the Talibs what dunnit, unless it was poor maintenance on the part of Turkmenbashi's subjects. And what the hell kind of a name is LaylaBerlemont Shtewi? |
Posted by: Fred 2006-01-26 00:15 |
#1 nothing to celebrate here - I hope all are alive/well |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-26 00:11 |