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Cause Unknown: Pilot killed in PAF plane crash in Pishin
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
QUETTA:
A pilot was killed when his Pakistan Air Force plane crashed on Wednesday during a training mission near Quetta, an air force spokesman said.
“It was a Chinese-made F-7PG training aircraft,” Air Commodore Anis Mirza told AFP.
The plane crashed in Pishin district, 65 kilometres north of Quetta, during a “routine” training mission, he said, adding that the pilot “embraced martyrdom”.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known, he said. An investigation is under way. It was the fourth air force jet to crash in training in over three months.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 9th, 2012.
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That’s too many crashes for this aircraft. Each time a pilot is lost, that is even more serious than losing the aircraft. Is PAF’s maintenance slipping ? Why don’t we hear about the causes of these crashes ?
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Chinese aircraft??
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may his soul rest in peace
n patience to his family Ameen
i knOw him very well his name his hameed son of mr.khursheed alam director at pakistan steel mill
he live’s in steel town bin qasim karachi…
mere cousin ka friend tha
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There has been many crashes lately, strange.
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Rang De Basanti anyone?
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ah….one of those flying coffins….sad to lose so many good lives for cheap chinese planes
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