A Mushshak aircraft crash near Quetta has killed two Pakistan Army officers, the military’s media wing ISPR announced.
Mushshak aircraft crash: what ISPR said
In its statement, ISPR said an Army Aviation Mushshak trainer went down close to Nawan Killi in Quetta after developing a technical fault.
Both officers on board lost their lives. The instructor pilot was Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun, and the student pilot was Captain Abdul Samad. They have been described as martyred.
What is known so far
The statement blames a technical fault for the accident. It does not give the time of the crash or say whether an inquiry has been ordered, and no further official details were available at the time of writing.
The Mushshak is a single-engine, fixed-wing primary trainer built by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and widely used for basic pilot training in the country. The photo with this story is a file image of a Mushshak in flight and does not show the aircraft involved in this accident.
