Pilot martyred after PAF F-16 crashes in Islamabad

PAF F-16 jet crashes in Islamabad; pilot martyred

According to the PAF spokesperson, an F-16 PAF plane participated in the March 23 rehearsal.

Security forces surrounded the accident area.

A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) wing commander, Nauman Akram, was martyred after a PAF F-16 crashed Wednesday morning near Shakarparian in Islamabad.

According to local media, sources said that security forces had surrounded the accident area. According to the PAF spokesperson, an F-16 PAF plane participated in the March 23 rehearsal.

A Pakistani Air Force F-16 plane crashed in Islamabad during rehearsals for the March 23 parade, a force spokesman said on Wednesday.

According to a PAF spokesman, Wing Commander Noman Akram embraced martyrdom in the incident.

Rescue teams were dispatched to the accident site, he said.

A commission of inquiry was ordered by Air headquarters to determine the cause of the crash, the statement said.

"The Pakistan Air Force reports with regret that a PAF F-16 plane crashed near Shakarparian,
Islamabad during rehearsals for the March 23 parade," the statement said.

"The Pakistan Air Force reports with regret that a PAF F-16 plane crashed near Shakarparian, Islamabad during rehearsals for the March 23 parade," the statement said.

Last month, a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) training aircraft crashed near Mardan. The previous week, a Mirage plane had crashed near the town of Shorkot, in the Jhang district of Punjab.

According to a press release, the PAF training plane crashed during a routine training mission near Takht Bhai. The pilot safely ejected the aircraft before it fell.

PAF said the plane that had crashed the previous week had been used for training by the Air Force and had crashed during a routine operational training mission. The official added that no loss of life was reported in the accident.

In addition, in January, two PAF pilots were martyred after a trainer crashed near the M M Alam base in Mianwali. According to an Air Force spokesman, the PAF FT-7 aircraft was also "on a routine operational training mission" when it crashed near Mianwali.