A PAF A-5 fighter at Lahore Air Base.
By Javed Aziz Khan
PESHAWAR: A fighter jet plane of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed in Shahi Bala Mathra after developing some technical fault Wednesday evening (July 5, 2006).
The pilot of the A-5 fighter Flight Lieutenant Iltifat safely ejected before the plane hit the fields near a canal in Rahman Kuroona, in rural Mathra village, with a big bang. The jet was on routine flight when it suddenly developed technical fault. The pilot informed the control room about the fault a while before the crash.
"The pilot is safe. He safely landed in the nearby fields and has just received a few bruises," deputy city police chief Mohammad Saeed Wazir told The News. Police as well as PAF officials rushed to the spot to collect the debris that were scattered in the fields.
Source: The News
