A Pakistan Army aircraft crashed while on a routine operational training mission near Gujrat, ISPR said on Monday.
Both pilots, Major Umer (instructor pilot), a resident of Gujarat, and Lieutenant Faizan (student pilot) resident of Kalar Kahar, Chakwal, aboard the aircraft lost their lives in the crash. Major Umer is survived by a wife, the statement added. Past crashes On March 23, a Pakistan Airforce F-16 aircraft crashed near Shakarparian in Islamabad during rehearsals for the Pakistan Day Parade. Wing Commander Nauman Akram was martyred in the crash.