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2 PAF men charred as fuel tank of jet fighter falls over post
Two personnel of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) men were burnt to death when a fuel tank of a jet fighter of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fell over the guard post of Peshawar Airbase on Sunday. Spokesman Sarfraz Ahmed Khan said that an F-5 fighter plane of PAF developed some technical fault soon after it took off from Peshawar base and one of its extra fuel tank fell over a guard post of same base, which claimed the lives of two PAF men performing their duties on the post. However, the pilot succeeded in landing the jet safely on the base. The deceased were identified as Hawaldar Muhammad Rashid, resident of Jhang and Ijab Hussain resident of Rawalpindi. The dead bodies were later sent to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for an autopsy. The spokesman said that heirs of deceased PAF men would be compensated in accordance with the rules of the PAF.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2004-02-16 |
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