IAF helicopter crashes in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir

Two persons died after a Mi-17 transport chopper crashed on Wednesday in Budgam district

Two persons died after a Mi-17 transport chopper crashed on Wednesday in Budgam district, officials said. (Photo | AFP) 

Kashmiri villagers and Indian soldiers gather near the wreckage of an Indian aircraft after it crashed in Budgam area, outskirts of Srinagar. (Photo | AP)

An Indian army solider walks past the wreckage of an Indian aircraft after it crashed in Budgam area in the outskirts of Srinagar. (Photo | AP)

The crash comes a day after India carried out air strikes at a vast and advance Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. (Photo | AP)

The aircraft that crashed in Budgam was IAF's Mi-17 transport chopper, according to the officials.'Some aircraft has fallen. As of now we are not in a position to ascertain anything. Technical team is here, they'll ascertain facts. We have found two bodies so far and have evacuated them. Search is going on here,' SSP Budgam Nagpure Amod Ashok told media (Photo | AP)

Indian soldiers and Kashmiri onlookers stand look on as an Indian army helicopter lands near the site where an Indian Air Force aircraft crashed. (Photo | AFP)

Officials said an investigation was underway into the cause of the crash, which came as Pakistan claimed to have shot down two Indian fighter jets in the divided and disputed Kashmir region. (Photo | AFP)