Pakistan air force plane crashes in northwest, killing 2 pilots

A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft prepares for a first test run in Kamra, west of the capital Islamabad, Pakistan, on December 27, 2017. (AFP/File)
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Updated 22 March 2022
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Pakistan air force plane crashes in northwest, killing 2 pilots

  • Air force said no damage was caused on the ground and it ordered an investigation to determine what caused the crash
  • Plane crashed during a routine training mission in an open area near the northwestern city of Peshawar

PESHAWAR: A Pakistani air force plane crashed during a routine training mission in an open area near the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing the pilot and co-pilot, the air force said Tuesday.
In a statement, the air force said no damage was caused on the ground and it ordered an investigation to determine what caused the crash.
It provided no further details.




The image shows the Pakistani air force plane crashed in an open area near the northwestern city of Peshawar, Pakistan, on March 22, 2022. (Rescue 1122)

Plane crashes during training missions are common in Pakistan. Authorities rarely release details of military training crashes and the investigation reports about the crashes are also not made public.
In 2019, 19 people died when a Pakistani military aircraft crashed into a residential area on the outskirts of the garrison city of Rawalpindi, most of them in their homes.