Training Plane Crashes Near Quetta, Killing Two Pilots

A training aircraft crashed while carrying out a practice flight near Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, killing both pilots on board.

The Pakistan Army said the incident took place on Monday following a technical fault. Major Hasnain Shehzad Hamayun, the instructor pilot, and Captain Abdul Samad, the trainee pilot, were killed in the crash.

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed their sorrow over the incident and offered condolences to the families of the victims.