RAWALPINDI: The pilots of Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) were martyred in PAF trainer aircraft crash near Mardan on Monday.
Pakistan Air Force trainer aircraft on a routine training sortie has crashed near Mardan on Monday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said. Resultantly, both the pilots Lieutenant Taha Abbasi (Pakistan Navy) and Flight Lieutenant Muhammad Qasim Abdullah (Pakistan Air Force) embraced Shahadat.
A board of inquiry has been constituted by Air Headquarters to ascertain the cause of accident. Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and all ranks of Pakistan armed forces express deep grief over the tragic loss of precious lives and extend heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.
