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2 Pakistan Army pilots martyred as training aircraft crashes in Quetta: ISPR

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On Monday, two Pakistan Army pilots died when their Mushshak training aircraft crashed near Nawan Killi, Quetta due to a technical issue. The deceased were identified as Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun and Captain Abdul Samad. Both national leaders, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, expressed condolences and grief over the pilots' deaths. Recent similar incidents in June and September of last year also involved army aviation crashes due to technical faults, resulting in multiple fatalities.

Written by AI on 2026-10-12, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On Monday, a PAC MFI-17 Mushshak training aircraft of the Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Nawan Killi in Quetta, resulting in the deaths of both pilots on board. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the crash was due to a technical fault. The deceased were identified as Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun, an instructor pilot, and Captain Abdul Samad, a student pilot. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed their condolences to the families of the martyred pilots.

This incident follows previous crashes in June 2023 near Muzaffarabad and September 2022 in Chilas town, both attributed to technical faults, which claimed the lives of all personnel involved.

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ISPR Inter-Services Public Relations Pakistan Army Pakistan Army Aviation Quetta

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Pakistan Army Aviation ORG · 2× Quetta GPE · 2× Abdul Samad PERSON · 1× Asif Ali Zardari PERSON · 1× Husnain Shehzad Humayun PERSON · 1× ISPR ORG · 1× Inter-Services Public Relations ORG · 1× Mushshak ORG · 1× Pakistan Army ORG · 1× Shehbaz Sharif PERSON · 1×

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In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said: “[At] midday, a Mushshak training aircraft of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Nawan Killi, Quetta due to a technical fault.”

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🔮 It said both pilots, Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun, the instructor, and Captain Abdul Samad, a student, embraced martyrdom in the crash.

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2 Pakistan Army pilots martyred as training aircraft crashes in Quetta: ISPR · assertive framing

Claims (8 extracted, 0 hedged)

Two Pakistan Army pilots were martyred on Monday after a training aircraft crashed in Quetta due to a technical fault, the military’s media wing affairs said. asserted

affairs → martyr → fault

In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said: “[At] midday, a Mushshak training aircraft of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Nawan Killi, Quetta due to a technical fault.” asserted

aircraft → say → fault

It said both pilots, Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun, the instructor, and Captain Abdul Samad, a student, embraced martyrdom in the crash. asserted

pilots → say → crash

President Asif Ali Zardari expressed grief over at the martyrdom of the two pilots and extended his condolences to the bereaved families. asserted

Zardari → express → families

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also expressed grief and sorrow over the martyrdom of the two pilots, state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported. asserted

Press → express → Pakistan

In June, an Mi-17 helicopter of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Muzaffarabad during take-off due to a technical fault, claiming the lives of all personnel on board. asserted

helicopter → crash → board

Last year in September, an army helicopter crashed in Diamer district’s Chilas town in after developing a technical fault. asserted

helicopter → crash → fault

All five crew members were martyred in the incident. asserted

members → martyr → incident