SRINAGAR: Two Pakistan Army pilots were killed on Monday after a Mushshak training aircraft crashed near Nawan Killi in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, following a technical fault, the army said.
The deceased were identified as Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun, an instructor, and Captain Abdul Samad, a student pilot, according to an official statement issued by the Pakistan Army.
The aircraft crashed around midday during a training flight. The army attributed the incident to a technical fault, describing it as an unfortunate crash.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief over the deaths of the two military personnel and conveyed their condolences following the incident.
The Mushshak is a training aircraft used for pilot training. The army has not provided further details about the circumstances leading to Monday’s crash in the statement cited.
