Pilots martyred as PAF trainer aircraft crashes near Peshawar

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Both pilots of a trainer jet of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) were martyred on Tuesday, as the aircraft crashed near Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a PAF spokesperson said.

The jet was on a training mission when it crashed near Peshawar. The Air Headquarters constituted a committee to find out the causes of the incident.

In December, two pilots embraced martyrdom after a Pakistan Army aviation helicopter crashed at Siachen in Gilgit-Baltistan’s (GB) Ghanche district. The ISPR had not given a reason for the accident.

Two similar aircraft crashes were reported in August as well. However, no loss of life was reported in either of the incidents.

The first incident had taken place on August 6 near Attock when a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter trainer aircraft had crashed during a routine training mission. According to a statement issued by a PAF spokesperson at the time, both the pilots had ejected from the jet successfully.

A few days later on August 12, a Mushshak aircraft had crash-landed in the fields of Chammala village near Jhelum due to a technical failure. Both the pilots in the aircraft had received minor injuries.