2 Pilots dead asPak Armyplane crashesin Gujranwala

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SOURCE: IDRW

According to the
Inter Services
Public Relations
(ISPR), a
Pakistan Army
training plane
crashed in
Gujranwala,
killing both of
its pilots,
Express News
reported on
Tuesday.
ISPR further
stated that the
plane crashed
because of
technical
problems.The
military said in a
statement a
"small two-
seater Mushshak
aircraft on a
routine training
flight crashed
due to technical
fault near
Gujranwala," 151
kilometres
southeast of
Islamabad.
"Both the pilots
embraced
shahadat
(martyrdom)", it
added.
The plane caught
fire after the
crash, sources
said.
Police and army
officials have
reached the site
of the crash and
cordoned off the
area while a
rescue operation
is underway.
The Pakistan
army uses
Mushshak
aircraft to train
pilots
commissioned in
its aviation
wing.
The aircraft,
which is
manufactured
indigenously, is a
big source of
export earnings
for Pakistan and
sold to several
Middle Eastern
countries.
The exact cost of
the aircraft and
number sold have
not been made
public.

 

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