Army training aircraft crashes

[sonicboom]

Army training aircraft crashes

PESHAWAR: An army training aircraft crashed on the outskirts of Peshawar on Thursday killing the pilot. According to the police, Pakistan Army’s Mushak trainer aircraft, while on its routine flight mission crashed in open fields in Naguman area in district Charsadda, near Peshawar. The wreckage of the aircraft has been found and the body of the pilot identified as Captain Rashid has been shifted to Combined Military Hospital Peshawar, from where the body will be taken to his hometown, Gilgit for a military burial. Police said the aircraft “may have crashed because of a technical fault, however, the officials are still investigating the reason of the crash”. According to police sources, the relief teams and ambulances soon arrived on the spot. No other fatalities occurred in the crash. staff report

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...-4-2010_pg7_12

[duhastmish]

sad indeed. may his soul rest in peace. brave son of land is lost.

[Neo]

PESHAWAR: A training plane of Pakistan Army crashed in Neelavi Village in the suburbs of the provincial capital due to technical fault. APP

Rest in peace.