According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the aircraft was on a routine operational training mission. Major Umer, an instructor pilot, and Lieutenant Faizan, a student pilot, were martyred during the crash, the ISPR said.
إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ.
پاک فوج کے تربیتی طیارے کے حادثے میں شہید ہونے والے تربیتی پائلٹ لیفٹیننٹ فیضان اور انسٹرکٹر میجر عمر کی شہادت کا گہرا افسوس ہے۔ اللہ تعالی شہداء کی مغفرت فرمائے اور اہلِخانہ کو صبرِجمیل عطا فرمائے آمین۔ pic.twitter.com/CkBiFOnWzw— Abdul Aleem Khan (@abdul_aleemkhan) April 13, 2020
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the airplane was on a routine operational training mission near the city.
Both pilots, Major Umer (instructor pilot), a resident of Gujarat and Lieutenant Faizan (student pilot) resident of Kalar Kahar, Chakwal lost their lives in the crash.
F-16 training plane crashed near Islamabad in March:
A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 aircraft crashed on March 11, near Shakarparian, near Zero Point, Islamabad during rehearsals for the March 23 Pakistan Day parade.
The spokesperson of Pakistan Airforce confirmed that F-16 crashed during the rehearsals near Shakarparian in Islamabad and that pilot, Wing Commander, Nouman Akram embraced martyrdom. He gave no further details.
PAF training aircraft crashed in February
A PAF aircraft recently crashed during training on 12th February, 2020 near Takht Bhai in KP. The plane was on routine training for the event.
On February 7, 2020, another PAF Mirage aircraft, which was on a routine operational training mission, also crashed near the Lahore-Multan Motorway. However, the pilot of the crashed plane was rescued safely.
Similarly, a pilot of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was martyred in an air incident near Balochistan’s Mastung area in February 2019. “PAF’s F-7PG aircraft was on a routine training when it crashed”, the PAF said in a press release.
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The Air Headquarters has constituted a board of inquiry to determine the cause. Earlier in November, PAF C-130 cargo aircraft landed at Nur Khan Airbase.
Pilot Nouman embraced martyrdom in F16 mayhem during March 23 rehearsal. Wing Commander Nouman Akram was awarded the coveted Sher Afgan Trophy for being the best marksman in the intra-squadron competition.
According to media, earlier inquiries about all these crashes, have not been exposed to the public.