PAF pilot martyred as aircraft crashes near Mastung

  A Pakistan Air Force pilot was martyred after his aircraft crashed on Wednesday near Mastung in Balochistan. “The F-7PG aircraft was on a routine training mission at the time of the incident,” the PAF said in a statement. “The pilot of the aircraft embraced Shahadat in this tragic accident.” A board of inquiry has been ordered by the Air Headquarters to determine the cause of the accident, the PAF spokesperson added. Photo: PAF plane crashes near Sargodha On August 17, 2017  an aircraft of the PAF crashed near Sargodha city of Punjab. The F7-PG plane on its routine operational training mission crashed in fields near Sargodha city soon after it took off from Sargodha airbase. The lone pilot flying the plane remained safe.