Two Pakistan Army Aviation pilots were killed when a Mushshak training aircraft crashed near Nawan Killi in Quetta district on Monday, the Pakistan military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), confirmed.
In a statement, ISPR said the aircraft crashed around midday on October 12 due to a technical fault. It identified the deceased as Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun, an instructor pilot, and Captain Abdul Samad, a student pilot undergoing training.
The military described the incident as an unfortunate accident but did not provide further technical details about the malfunction or the circumstances leading to the crash.
It was not immediately clear whether a formal technical investigation had been initiated.