Islamabad: At least two Mushshak trainer aircraft of Pakistan Air Force crashed on Thursday in Nowshera city of Pakistan Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province, police said.
Local reporter said that incident took place in Shakai area of the city, adding that one aircraft was fell on house while another in a field.
Residents of the area said the aircraft collided before plunging into the site. The walls and roofs of the houses collapsed and debris from the aircraft lay strewn over a large area.
Police officials and witnesses said all four pilots in the two propeller-driven aircraft were killed instantly.
Three children and a woman were among the injured, said residents of Rashkai, a town located 50 km from Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
The accident occurred close to the Pakistan Air Force Academy at Risalpur shortly after 10 am.
A PAF spokesman confirmed the incident and said an inquiry had been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident.
The aircraft burst into flames after hitting the ground. Local residents took the injured to a nearby hospital. A large number of people gathered at the site and helped pull the injured out of the damaged houses. Army troops and air force teams later cordoned off the area.
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