A helicopter crashed in Tajikistan's Pamir mountains, killing its pilot and wounding several passengers, officials said Sunday.
The Mi-8 helicopter owned by state carrier TajikAir went down Saturday in the mountains near the city of Khorog, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) southeast of the capital, Dushanbe, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The crash killed the pilot and wounded two passengers, who were hospitalized in stable condition, the ministry said. The helicopter was carrying mountaineers who were returning from a trip to the area.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
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