Ex-Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir Death Reason Revealed

Islamabad: The death reason of ex-Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir has been revealed who lost his life in a plane crash in the year 2003. According to the details, Fokker F-27 which got crashed near Kohat on 20^th Feb 20, 2003 was purchased by the PAF in 1999-2000 which was one of the repairable planes due to which it got crashed due to some mechanical problem.

MNA Rana Afzal Hussain who is a convener of sub-committee said that Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir and 10 other officers died not due to weather or pilot’s negligence but in a result of mechanical fault in repairable aircraft. It is worth mentioning here that sub-committee was informed by PAF officials that bad weather and carelessness of pilot became the reason of plane crash.

Similarly, an audit reports of 1990-97 told that Fokker F-27 was given to the air force in the year 1994. According to Audit Para, navy and the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had refused to purchase Fokker but officials of maritime security bought Fokker F-27 in Rs.83 million. However the audit para was brought because the crashed Fokker F-27 was belonged from group of spare aircrafts, said by the defense production secretary.