Times of Islamabad

PAF Aircraft crashes in Attock, Pilot ejects safely

PAF Aircraft crashes in Attock, Pilot ejects safely

A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft crashed on Tuesday during a “routinetraining mission” in Attock District, a spokesperson said in a statement.

The spokesperson said that pilot had ejected safely before the crash and noloss of life or property was reported at the crash site.

“A board of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of theaccident,” said the statement.

In March, PAF Wing Commander Noman Akram was martyred when his F-16 fighterjet crashed near Shakarparian in Islamabad, an air force spokesman had saidin a statement.

The plane was carrying out routine exercises for the March 23 parade whenit crashed, the air force had said then.