PAF fighter jet crashes, Pilot martyred

PAF fighter jet crashes, Pilot martyred

QUETTA - Pakistan Air Force pilot was martyred after his aircraft crashed on Wednesday near Mastung in Balochistan.

“The F-7PG aircraft was on a routine training mission at the time of the incident,” the PAF said in a statement. “The pilot of the aircraft embraced Shahadat in this tragic accident.”

A board of inquiry has been ordered by the Air Headquarters to determine the cause of the accident, the PAF spokesperson added.

On August 17, 2017 an aircraft of the PAF crashed near Sargodha city of Punjab. The F7-PG plane on its routine operational training mission crashed in fields near Sargodha city soon after it took off from Sargodha airbase.