May there is no causality.

@bystander ameen. other than that of tax payers money.

Hope pilot is safe~~~

May there is no casualty. Ameen.

Hope pilot is safe..... Cross my fingers.

I pray that pilot survive this unfortunate crash for he or she is more important than the machine.

@mansoor mubeen Let's hope that the pilot ejected safely and there is no loss of life on the ground. Given the limited resources, PAF has a good safety record. These planes are now very old and have been in service for circa 40 years so the tax payer has really got their money's worth from the PAF.

While driving my kids for School at University Road. My children told me that ABBU this plane is descending. I told my kids this is PAF plane, may be trying to land on Masroor Base. But now this news tell me a different story.

PAF should ground these outdated jets!

In educated countries they dont allow domestic flights after 8 p.m and these stupid jets flies 10 pm 11 pm 12 am 1 am with full thunder .. get yourself crashed in Arabian sea so atleast no human casualties on ground.

@Bilal Shah Says who? Who use to travel on more outdated transport daily !

PAF need to consider buying LCA tejas

@Pakistan Zindabad, Is it possible to see a plane crashing in Musharraf Colony from University Road?

What a great tragedy?

Inna lillahe wa inna illahe rajeoon. The pilot embraced martyrdom. He ejected but scummed to his injuries.

Why so much frequent air crashes of PAF planes , quite suspicious !

Rip

Made in China?

A relic of the 1960s. What do you expect when you force pilots to fly such outdated planes?

Hope the pilot has survived. No Human life should get wasted like this.

Too many crashes in short period of time. Proper maintenance and Fitness of the fighter jets is required. Pilot must be safe, I am sure.

@JQ which educated country are you speaking about. Military exercises are done all around the clock, and pilots do not crash the plane for fun. And for your information we are not an educated country, but shall be in due course.

PAF Pilots ensure that they guide the aircraft to a less populated area to limit civilian casualties in the event of aircraft failure/crash. I personally witnessed an air crash involving a brave young pilot named Jehanzeb (if memory serves me well) and his T-37 tainer jet. He crashed in the GIKI university but till his last breath guided the aircraft away from the students and population and gave his life away in the process. I just hope that in this case the pilot ejected safely and that no one was hurt on the ground.

@Bengali from Babgalore LCA is a non-feasible, low technology aircraft. PAF already is operating several squadrons of JF-17. Its better they focus on homegrown technology for light aircrafts and trainers and only import when there is a need for sophisticated 4.5 to 5th gen aircrafts, which the LCA is not.

lost one aircraft, now who will you ask money to buy new fighter plan as USA not going to give you anything.

@kya What does that supposed to mean? Just because they wear uniforms doesnt mean their lives are only good when lost. Grow a soul.

Express Tribune reporting ..Pilot did not survive .. SAD

made in china again proved

Yeah, I agree with the ones saying that there have been a lot of PAF crashes recently. This is probably due to a few factors such as, outdated planes, bad service and maintenance, not retiring planes when they should be. I also think that this sends the IAF a very clear message that the PAF isn't as READY and well prepped for combat, as they claim to be. If they cant handle routine practice/procedural flights, they have no chance of being successful in combat. Sad to see the condition of PAF, as it has started sounding more like PIA.

No mention of Pilot? what kind of PAF press release is it?

@mansoor mubeen So what you need from your tax payer money? Isn't defense a part of it?

@JQ In educated countries they dont allow domestic flights after 8 p.m... and who told you that? Please do not spread self fabricated news.

May no life lost...

The faster we phase out these old jets the better for everybody.

@Bengali from Babgalore are the Tejas really in production?

@Kashmiri Yes Sir.

These 55 years old aircraft need to be retired now.

Prayers from India for the safety of the pilot..stop the madness of this arms race!

@Iqbal Aswani In Switzerland

@Bilal Shah Thankyou for such indepth experienced feedback

Old planes should be phased out.

Life of pilot is much expensive than plane as same pilot may had been successful in many future missions. Please conduct audit over aging depreciation and preventative maintenance of all air crafts.

@Sanjeev We do not worry about lose of planes as we have enough local resources to produce not like you who solely relay on foreign It's the lose of life which we cannot compensate and specially a brave soldier of PAK Forces.

So the pilot gone down again - no ejection.

Every other month a such incident happening.what on earth is doing our PAF

@Shazia - I too was wondering the same. The most important thing is safety of the pilot. There is not a word about it.

@JQ You really think the shaheed pilot didn't try doing just that? Someone died today. Have a heart!

@Neighbour Mirage is French.

@Badar the more you fly the more incidence occurs.

My salute to Pakistan Army and its brave soldiers. Rest in peace my brother.

Wonder why they don't eject before crash?

It is,perhaps, too early to say any thing. Let us wait for the full story.

RIP.

It is becoming so frequent, why?

Old French Mirage fighters need to be phased out and replaced. Pakistan should focus on home grown technology.

Recent defence report states that about 60% of our PAF fighter jets including F16s are non operational due to lack of spares and proper maintenance.

Syed Shafiq ul Hasan and The End is Near have made comments that are very pertinent. Why so many accidents in a limited time frame? Maintenance of old aircraft is expensive and economically not viable in the long run.

What is happening, why are so many Airforce jets Crashing?

Very Strange. Pilot always dies when PAF jet crashes. Something must be wrong with the ejection seats. In this today's mirage crash, it seems there was no populated area around.

Rip brave fighter pilot.

Mirage - the flying coffin. Maybe, we should take a stock of how many fighter jets we have are really in sound condition

@Neighbour mirage is made by France.

@JQ What educated countries are you talking about? I have lived in the US and if you live around their Air Force bases or Naval and Marine Corps air stations, they have their jets flying sorties night and day. There is no bar on flying after 8:00 p.m. You do realize that the pilots have to train for both day and night flying, right?

@Ahmed Yes but the replacement of aircraft does not happen just because you have a few crashes. It is part and parcel of operating an air force. PAF has to take a phased replacement approach. All of the existing F-7 and Mirage squadrons are already on schedule to be replaced by JF-17s.

Unfortunately this not as simple as suggested by readers that exchange with modern one . buying a fighter plane is a very costly matter and even replacing one squrden of jet with new one put lot of pressure on nation financial resources . so pilot have to put their life on risk by flying out of order and aging fighter plane. In India same thing hapenned with aged mig 21 fighter plane also as in lot of crashes very presius pilots lives lost. But now India is replacing them with modern fighter .

Heartfelt Condolences to the family .

RIP

Pakistan Zindabad. Hope pilot is safe

@Bengali from Babgalore Really, LCA Tejas that can't fly when it rains because the canopy leaks. In 30 years only 3 have entered IAF service. It's very sad whenever there is loss of life - IAF safety record is worse than that of PAF.

I cannot believe we are still using the Mirages, those things are older than dirt.

Sad to hear.planes can be replaced. Pilots cannot. Condolences from India.

Too many crashes in short period of time ! PAF to enhance maintenance standards of the planes to the highest level and at war footings .

@Joe probably there are not many flights there any way. JFK And LGA, for instance, operate till midnight I guess. And it has nothing to do with an Air force, any way.

@Philosopher (from Japan) Please do not bother, most Indians do not comment after reading or based on knowledge, they comment out of hate.

@Zubaida Khan Please do not bother, most Indians do not comment after reading or based on knowledge, they comment out of hate.

Sad to loose a young pilot. May his soul rest in peace.

@FKHAN Lahore Madarsa is one of the Key in developing LCA technologies better than J 17 which at the end is Chinese and we know how their product perform.

Pilot was a very very close family friend of ours. His wife and kids are still at our house in Karachi. He died as a Martyr. He was one of the best people you would find out there.

Brave pilot sacrificed his life trying to save the plane. Could have ejected any time but he chose not to, yes a brave man indeed. RIP brave soul.

We need to get rid of the OLD fleet! I think we have the best trained pilots and the worst fleet!

Very unfortunate

@Hocus Pocus well said.. You are right

@Pakistan Zindabad very very sad

poor pilot's family who will feel his loss the most.

MI17,F7 and Mirages should have been in Junk long ago.

This is 63rd accident in last 2 years. Our air force is using 1950s tech to operate.

@FKHAN "LCA is a non-feasible, low technology aircraft. PAF already is operating several squadrons of JF-17" Hmmm, the proof will be in the pudding. As per Chinese analysts' unbiased summation in Sina's Chinese-language military news web portal (google "India's Tejas and China's Xiaolong Fighters Compared", defense-aerospace dot com), the Xiaolong is the aircraft of today and the Tejas is the aircraft of tomorrow. All the very best.

Mairaj crashes with casualties and Masroor base have been in the news before too. It is very sad but will have to face with reality. Birds have been the biggest culprits

Soldier is a soldier.. Ours or yours.. They are brave heart's. RIP noble soul.. Politicians like Modi are needed in Pakistan so that corruption free deals happen and safety gets priority.. Nation first!!!!

@Neighbour : Unfortunately, it was Made in France, the same origin for which india boast of signing a big agreement, recently.

@Khan KPK The heading says "pilot dies". What does that mean to you.

Retire theses planes. They are way too old. Because of this we are losing veteran and experienced officer.

@Rafique We scorn at "China ka product" because we have been exposed to the cheapest grade of product they churn out in Sunday/Tuesday bazaars. China's technological prowess is easily much better than that of its regional rivals. Its interesting to note that they are involved in setting up one of the largest Nuclear Power plants , in the UK and several others in Turkey and elsewhere in the world. Do you that the majority of the high end electronics/finished products that we use today are made in China, from the meticulously,ridiculously high quality controlled Iphones, to satellite nav systems, to aircraft avionics, to sportscar ECUs even. When it comes to making serious products, China has set a surprisingly high standard.

paf need some serious flying practice 4th accident in a month 2 pilots died too much.

The news says in black and white that the pilot died in the crash.

Rest in Peace. Problem with these supersonic arircraft is that they need a lot of upkeep and a failure can be catastrophic. May the pilot's survivors find Peace.

@ASIF I am guessing same thing

it used to happen in india with those Migs. we have not got ride of Bad stuff.. Pakistan should get rid of them as well to save life

@Neighbou - Made in China and operated by Pakistani!!

@Shazia - We are an advanced country. Ths was a pilotless fighter plane.

RIP braveheart. Half the comments come from persons who probably in their haste did not care to read even the headline of news where it clearly states that the pilot died in crash.

Its a big tragedy that Wing Commander Fayyaz died of injuries when he parachuted from a ill fated plane. I hope PAF inquiry board find the cause of the technical issue and check the remaining planes . Pakistan can't afford to lose such a qualified and skilled pilot who gave his life so that we can live as a free nation. May God have mercy on his soul and give the courage to the family to bear this tremendous loss. I wish we knew more about the pilot, his family life, his home town, school he went to and number of years in the PAF. I am sure PAF will take care of his family but the pilot will always be missed by the family and friends.

@FKHAN ; sorry to disappoint you mate. LCA certainly not low tech like JF17. Once its fitted with AESA radars and high range engines, its certainly is a 4.5 generation bird. Its made of high tech compost material, pilot helmet mounted visuals and light weight.

@Objective View ; what a terrific view my friend. Canopy leaking..!! where do you get your data from ? IAF is not like PAF which in desperation inducted half cooked JF17's. Tejus is now certified fully and has been given a squadron, starting with 3 nos. It will be full gown squadron in by end of '17.

PAf has lost a number of Pilots in incidents like this. It must now improve its safety record and make public the investigations. there have been a number of complaints about these air-crafts and also few training single engine planes...we must think now what is more important...hiding our rectifiable technical mistakes or blaming the poor pilot.

why are we killing our pilots using these 1st generation fighter jets? This is year 2016, not 1980 !

This has become a norm... there has been many casualties happened due to malfunctioning in the fighter jets. PAF and their suppliers should be made accountable. This is not as simple as it looks.

@Leo : Much bigger madness is occupying Kashmir by force against all norms of humanity and principles of righteousness.

@VIVEK Seriously, did you even read the news..It explicitly says Pilot died?

This is a sad thing to happen and condolences to pilot and his family.

5 years 62 jet that is too much

More than than half of you who comment don't seem to read first and then comment. The very first line says the pilot did not survive. May his soul rest in peace.

@Sam .Can you please shed some light on Wing Commander Fayyaz's life, where was he born, how old he was,which schools he attended, where was his permanent home, when he joined PAF and how many children he had and what are their ages. PAF should have attached his picture with the news. I really feel sorry for the family , their life would never be the same without him, who lost the father and a husband and the country which lost one of their best. May God Almighty bless his soul.

@Pakistan Zindabad Masroor is in the Mauripur area not the PAF base Shahrah e Faisal. They must have seen a different plane.

@Bengali from Babgalore are you kidding??? Location Tejas failed to develop into production assembly, the Indian government failed to develop for last 30+ years, they only have after all this time 2 prototypes also in question their ability to take routine flights.

Wing Commander Fayyaz Was my Uncle and i am not lying!!!!

@Vishwanatha Ignorant remark, Mirages are french manufactured, both India and Pakistan have Dessault aircraft. Every air force in the world occasionally looses a plane. For your knowledge, India's Tejas fighter is of French Dessault design, and that has also had technical issues. Flying is dangerous, but lot safer then traveling on the road in any country.

First two words are "Pilot Dies". Read before comment.