PAF trainer aircraft crashes near Mardan, both pilots martyred

A trainer aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force crashed near Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan city on Monday, resulting in the martyrdom of both pilots, the military’s media affairs wing said.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the aircraft was on a routine training sortie when it crashed. As a result, Flight Lieutenant Muhammad Qasim Abdullah from the PAF and Lieutenant Taha Abbasi from the Pakistan Navy embraced martyrdom.

It added that “a board of inquiry has been constituted by Air Headquarters to ascertain the cause of the accident.”

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