Geo Pakistan

Pakistan gave China access to crashed US copter

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan gave China access to the previously unknown US 'stealth' helicopter that crashed during the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 02, despite requests from the US not to, a British paper reported on Sunday. During the raid, one of two modified Blackhawk helicopters, believed to employ unknown stealth capability, malfunctioned and crashed, forcing the commandos to abandon it. The paper reported that Pakistan allowed Chinese intelligence officials to take pictures of the crashed aircraft as well as take samples of its special “skin” that allowed the American raid to evade Pakistani radar. The paper said Chief of the Army Staff Ashfaq Kayani, denied that China had been given access. In an incident such as the helicopter crash, it is standard American procedure to destroy sophisticated technology such as encrypted communications and navigation computers.