2 Pakistan army pilots killed (IANS photo)
In August 2025, five crew members were also killed when a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government helicopter carrying flood relief supplies crashed in a tribal district, Pakistan-based daily The Express Tribune reported. Two Pakistan army pilots were killed after a Mushshak training aircraft crashed near Balochistan’s Quetta on Monday due to a technical fault, as Dawn reported, citing the ISPR, the official media wing of the Pakistan armed forces. In June, a Mi-17 helicopter belonging to the Pakistan army’s aviation wing crashed during take-off near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), reportedly due to a technical fault.
The ISPR said rescue and recovery teams were rushed to the site and an inquiry was ordered to determine the cause of the crash, Dawn reported.
The ISPR said the helicopter had encountered a technical fault. The Pakistan army identified the deceased as Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun, an instructor, and Captain Abdul Samad, a trainee pilot. The aircraft crashed near Nawan Killi in Quetta. All personnel on board were killed. You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.
In September last year, five crew members died when a Pakistan army helicopter crashed in the Diamer district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB).