On 29 March 2022, a Puma helicopter belonging to the Pakistan Army's aviation division and assigned to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) crashed during a reconnaissance mission over the province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

[1] On 29 March, MONUSCO lost contact with a helicopter on a reconnaissance mission in eastern Congo, in the area around the village of Tshanzu, southeast of the more regionally important town of Rutshuru.

[2][3] A search and rescue operation by the contingent of Uruguay recovered the bodies later that day and took them to Goma, the province's capital.

M23 spokesman Willy Ngoma accused the Congolese government of lying, saying that the group suspected the military to be responsible.

[6] Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan said that he was filled with a "deep sense of horror and grief," thanking the Pakistani military for their operations.