RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa attended funeral prayers of two military pilots and three crew members martyred in Army Aviation plane crash, near Rawalpindi, ISPR Reported on Tuesday.
The funeral prayers of martyred army pilots and other crew members were held at the Chaklala Garrison.
According to ISPR, the funeral prayer was attended by COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa, other serving and retired military officials and relatives of the martyrs.
At least 18 people, including five military personnel, embraced martyrdom when a small plane of the Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Mora Kalu (Bahria Town Phase-7) Rawalpindi in wee hours of Tuesday.
According to the ISPR, a small military plane crashed near the Mora Kalu area in Rawalpindi. At least 18 people, 13 civilians and five crew members, were martyred in the tragic incident. Following the crash, a massive fire broke out that engulfed several houses.