Pakistani air force planes crash, 4 pilots killed

Pakistani air force planes crash, 4 pilots killed
Updated 17 May 2012
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Pakistani air force planes crash, 4 pilots killed

Pakistani air force planes crash, 4 pilots killed

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Police say two Pakistani air force planes have crashed on a training mission in the country’s northwest, killing all four pilots.
Mohammad Hussain says the planes crashed in Nowshera city on Thursday, with at least one of them landing in a residential area. Hussain is the Nowshera police chief.
Police official Fazil Khan says that in addition to the four pilots killed, five people on the ground were injured.
Khan says local residents reported that the two planes collided before they crashed, but the air force is still investigating.
The planes had taken off from a Pakistani air force academy in nearby Risalpur.