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cats_five
25th Nov 2015, 14:30
"The first Pakistani female fighter pilot to die on operational service has been laid to rest after a funeral at a Karachi air force base.


Flying Officer Marium Mukhtiar was on a routine training mission on Tuesday when her plane met with an "in-flight emergency" over Mianwali district in Punjab province, the air force said.


She and her co-pilot ejected. She later died from her injuries in hospital."


Pakistan female fighter pilot Marium Mukhtiar mourned after crash - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34918347)
Lonewolf_50
25th Nov 2015, 17:00
She and her co-pilot ejected. She later died from her injuries in hospital."


Pakistan female fighter pilot Marium Mukhtiar mourned after crash - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34918347)
Something deadly about those routine training missions, I think I've been to more funerals for those than any other cause.
RIP, FO Mukhtiar.
cats_five
25th Nov 2015, 17:28
Something deadly about those routine training missions, I think I've been to more funerals for those than any other cause.
RIP, FO Mukhtiar.

Since routine training is the majority of flying it stands to reason that's what most funerals would be for.

RIP indeed.