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Still no clue to missing Red Cross chopper
 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 2006-01-26 |
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