Two Pakistan Army Aviation pilots were martyred when a Mushshak training aircraft crashed near Nawan Killi in Quetta district on Monday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
The aircraft crashed around midday due to a technical fault, the military’s media wing statement said.”At midday on 12th October 2026, a Mushshak training aircraft of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Nawan Killi, Quetta, due to a technical fault,” read the ISPR statement.
The pilots were identified as Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun, an instructor pilot, and Captain Abdul Samad, a student pilot, it said.
President Asif Ali Zardari expressed grief over the martyrdom of the two pilots and extended his condolences to their bereaved families.
