India, Sept. 1 -- A Pakistan government helicopter crashed on Monday near the Thore area of Chilas in the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), killing all five people on board, a police official said.

The helicopter was carrying out "a test landing on a newly proposed helipad" in a mountainous tourist area when it came down, Abdul Hameed, a senior police officer in Diamer district, told AFP.

"Among the killed were two pilots and three technicians," he said.

The aircraft crashed in the Chilas area of Diamer district, Gilgit-Baltistan government spokesperson Faizullah Faraq said in a statement.

The exact reason for the crash, which is believed to have involved a Mi-17 chopper, was not known, but it marks the second crash in recent...