Senior Pakistan Air Force pilot Sqaurdon Leader Tanveer Ahmad was martyred and another PAF pilot was injured when a PAF aircraft crashed during night operations in Karachi on Friday evening.
According to reports, a PAF Mirage aircraft crashed in Gadap Town of Karachi. Earlier it was reported that a training Cessna aircraft had crashed, however Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that it was a PAF aircraft.
Air Headquarters have ordered an investigation into the incident, said PAF spokesman.
It is the third such incident in recent months.
Earlier on October 1, a PAF fighter aircraft crashed near Kuchlak, a suburb of Quetta due to a technical fault. The pilot sustained minor injuries as the aircraft crashed in an open area. No loss of life was reported.
On September 20, two pilots were wounded after their MFI-17 Mushshak aircraft—fixed gear trainer aircraft, crashed near the hills of Ziarat, about 40-kilometres off Khalid Airbase Quetta.
