F-16 Fighter Aircraft Crashed in Islamabad, Pilot Killed

ISLAMABAD, 11 March 2020, TON: A Pakistan Airforce fighter aircraft crashed near parade ground at Shakarparian, Islamabad on Wednesday. As per the details Wing Commander Noman Akram was carrying out nose diving rehearsal for 23rd March “Pakistan Day” parade when his F-16 lost control due to bad weather cum technical fault and crashed in the adjoining green belt. 

According to the Air Force authorities, “The aircraft was taking part in rehearsals for a Pakistan Day air show and Wing Commander Noman Akram was the only pilot in the aircraft and embraced martyrdom in the crash. Investigation into the crash has been ordered.

The F-16 fighter-aircrafts are often developing technical faults and crashes have become quite frequent.  In just less than one year, a number of aircrafts crashed, In May 2019 a F-16 fighter jet crashed into a warehouse outside of Los Angeles,  in September 2019, a Belgian F-16 fighter jet crashed in western France, in December 2019, another F-16 Fighting US Airforce crashed as it was about to land on Kunsan Air Base, near Gunsan, South Korea, another F-16 fighter jet stationed at the US air base in Spangdahlem, Rhineland-Palatinate crashed in Trier near the Luxembourg border.  Similarly, in January 2020 an Egyptian Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed in North Sinai and on 11 February 2020, one more aircraft crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan.   

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