Up to 26 Asiatic section organisation are feared dead after an army transport eggbeater crashed in the tribal location of Orakzai, military officials say.
Maj Gen Athar Abbas told the BBC the eggbeater crashed on the abut of the Khyber and Orakzai tribal region.
The cause of the break is unclear, though officials said the most probable account was a theoretical failure.
The break comes as a suspected US drone accomplish in South Waziristan killed at small 10 militants, officials said.
The BBC's Mike Wooldridge in Islamabad says it is understood the MI-17 eggbeater had been air backwards to Peshawar from the Asian abut location when the pilot put discover a Mayday alert.
The eggbeater then came downbound "in a belligerent area" where it was fired upon by militants, according to officials.
Troops were dispatched in and exchanged fire with the insurgents.
Military officials said that an enquiry into the break would be carried out.
The north-west of Pakistan is currently the scene of heavy conflict between the Asiatic army and Taleban militants.
Fighter planes are reportable to hit been offensive suspected Taleban positions in South and North Waziristan.
Unnamed info officials said the drone attack in South Waziristan had targeted a militant upbringing facility.
The location - on the Asian abut - is dominated by Pakistan's most senior Taleban cheater Baitullah Mehsud.
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