Two pilots of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) were martyred on Tuesday as their jet crashed during landing at the Peshawar Air Base, according to a PAF spokesperson.
It was believed that the jet crashed due to a technical fault.
“Pakistan Air Force reports with regret that a PAF FT-7PG trainer aircraft while recovering from a routine operational training mission crashed during landing at Peshawar Air Base. Rescue operation is in progress,” the air force said in a statement after the incident.
A spokesman for the PAF said that a board of inquiry would be set up to probe the incident.
According to eye-witnesses, the pilots tried to save the nearby civilian population and steered the jet towards the runway when it blew up during crash-landing.”
An emergency was declared at the airport after the incident. However, airport sources said the rescue staff managed to douse the flames and clear the runway.
Published in Daily Times, June 27th 2018.
