A Russian-manufactured Mil Mi-17 transport helicopter of the Pakistan Army crashed in Orakzai Agency.

[2][3] The crash site was Chapar Feroze Khel, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Peshawar, on the border of the semi-autonomous Orakzai and Khyber tribal agencies.

[7] Chief of the army General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani ordered an inquiry, but the crash prompted speculation whether the transport helicopter attracted militant gunfire and was shot down.

[citation needed] Combat and transport helicopters usually fly high to avoid fire from the ground.

But nothing can be said with certainty until we retrieve the wreckage [citation needed] Taliban from nearby Darra Adam Khel claimed responsibility for the crash.