ISLAMABAD, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least four security officers of President General Pervez Musharraf were killed when an army helicopter crashed in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Monday, the army spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said.
The helicopter, carrying security and other staff officers of Musharraf, came down near the town of Gari Dupata in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir during a crash landing, Arshad said.
Soldiers and residents participate in a rescue effort at the wreckage of a military helicopter after it crashed near Ghori village, in a valley 18 km (11 miles) south of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Oct. 8, 2007. Four Pakistani soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed during a visit to Kashmir by President Pervez Musharraf on Monday to mark the second anniversary of an earthquake in the region, an army spokesman said.(Xinhua Photo)
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Presidential spokesman Major General Rashid Qureshi was among the four injured officers who were evacuated to hospital in Muzaffarabad, he said, adding that the pilot remained unhurt in the crash landing.
Arshad disclosed that the ill-fated helicopter was following the helicopter of Musharraf who reached his destination eventually.
Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz were scheduled to visit the earthquake-hit Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and North West Frontier Province on the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake in October 2005.
Pervez Musharraf in 2002.
An AS-332L2 Super Puma. 
At least four people have died after one of three military escort helicopters accompanying 
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf crashed in Kashmir.

The medium-lift Super Puma helicopter was shadowing one carrying the president when the rear of the rotorcraft burst into flame, forcing an emergency crash landing. An army brigadier, two soldiers and a PTV cameraman were killed, and four more were injured, including presidential spokesman Major General Rashid Qureshi. The injured are being treated at a hospital in Muzaffarabad. The pilot walked away unharmed.

It is thought to be an accident caused by a technical fault.

The helicopters were visiting the scene of a devastating 2005 earthquake to mark the anniversary of the disaster. The president ultimately reached his destination.