PAF aircraft crashes near Mardan during 'routine training mission': spokesperson

ISLAMABAD, 23 September 2021, (TON): According to a PAF spokesperson “a small trainer aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed near Mardan during a routine training mission.”

It was not clear whether any casualty occurred in the incident.

The spokesperson said "a board of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident.”

In a similar incident in August, a PAF fighter trainer aircraft had crashed near Attock during a routine training mission, however, no loss of life or property was reported on the ground.

At least five similar incidents were reported last year, with four PAF jets crashing during training missions and one while rehearsing for the March 23 parade.

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