On 28 September 2024, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter operating a charter flight to transport oil workers for the company Mari Petroleum, crashed near the Shiwa oil field, in Waziristan, north-western Pakistan.^[2] According to a security official, there were 11 local passengers and 3 Russian crew on board. Three passengers and three crew members were killed.^[1][3]

The helicopter was a Mil Mi-8 of PANKH Helicopters operating for Mari Petroleum, a Pakistani oil company, and was transporting company's personnel to Bannu.^[4] The aircraft was registered in Russia with tail number RA-24537, it was manufactured in 2020.^[5]

The helicopter crashed near the Shiwa oil field after hitting the ground with the tail rotor, while attempting an emergency landing.^[1] Pakistani authorities said that the crash was caused by an engine failure of unspecified causes. Of the 15 on board, 6 were killed including the 3 crew members.^[6][7][8]

The injured were taken by airlift to the Combined Military Hospital Thal for treatment.^[9] The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur, and Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Faisal Karim Kundi, sent their condolences to the families of the victims.^[10] Pakistani authorities launched an investigation of the accident.^[9]

• Skol Airlines Flight 9375 - Another crash involving a Mil Mi-8 transporting oil workers.

• "Accident Mil Mi-8MTV-1 RA-24537, Saturday 28 September 2024". asn.flightsafety.org.