Ex-PAF chief Mushaf’s death: plane was past life span

[HAIDER]

ISLAMABAD: A plane that crashed in 2003 with Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir and 10 other officers onboard had completed its life span, a subcommittee of the Public Accounts Committee was informed on Monday.

It was pointed out during review of audit reports of 1990-97 that the Fokker F-27 which crashed near Kohat on Feb 20, 2003 had been handed over to the air force in 1994.

PAF officials told the sub-committee that the crash was caused by bad weather and pilot’s negligence.

Audit officials said the aircraft had been purchased for Rs83 million by the maritime security authorities.

According to an audit para, the Fokker had earlier been offered to the navy and the Pakistan International Airlines but both of them declined to buy it.

An air commodore informed the subcommittee that in 1990-2000 the PAF had purchased repairable planes and made them airworthy and the Fokker was among them.

The subcommittee’s convener MNA Rana Afzal Hussain said the decision had resulted in the loss of the air chief and other officers.

The defence production secretary said the audit para had been raised because the aircraft was of ‘surplus’ category.

He requested the committee to postpone the matter for three month so that a solution could be reached and the longstanding audit para could be settled.

Published in Dawn, October 6th , 2015

 

[xperia]

Why all the senior officers were on board an air craft that has passed it's life span and not in the top condition?

 

[SQ8]

not just the air chief, but the cream of the PAF

 

[Imran Khan]

fokker was garbage and they never care to replace it on time

 

[Indus Falcon]

fokker was garbage and they never care to replace it on time

It's all about money.

 

[wiseone2]

Extremely sad.....

how many senior pakistani military officers have died in plane crashes ??
i cannot recollect any high ranking indian military official dying in a plane crash.

 

[syed zia Hassan]

we lost a great officer and also a Supreme human being..just because of Old retired Foker f-27.

 

[Indus Falcon]

we lost a great officer and also a Supreme human being..just because of Old retired Foker f-27.

Well said!!!

 

[Syed Bilal Abbas]

We lost a great competent Chief just because of our own negligence. Very unfrotunate indeed.

 

[Mughal-Prince]

not just the air chief, but the cream of the PAF

Why all the senior officers were on board an aircraft that has passed it's life span and not in the top condition?

And that is fishy according to my knowledge it has something to do with Mushaf Ali Mir but I don't know exactly what that was.

 

[third eye]

ISLAMABAD: A plane that crashed in 2003 with Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir and 10 other officers onboard had completed its life span, a subcommittee of the Public Accounts Committee was informed on Monday.

It was pointed out during review of audit reports of 1990-97 that the Fokker F-27 which crashed near Kohat on Feb 20, 2003 had been handed over to the air force in 1994.

PAF officials told the sub-committee that the crash was caused by bad weather and pilot’s negligence.

Audit officials said the aircraft had been purchased for Rs83 million by the maritime security authorities.

According to an audit para, the Fokker had earlier been offered to the navy and the Pakistan International Airlines but both of them declined to buy it.

An air commodore informed the subcommittee that in 1990-2000 the PAF had purchased repairable planes and made them airworthy and the Fokker was among them.

The subcommittee’s convener MNA Rana Afzal Hussain said the decision had resulted in the loss of the air chief and other officers.

The defence production secretary said the audit para had been raised because the aircraft was of ‘surplus’ category.

He requested the committee to postpone the matter for three month so that a solution could be reached and the longstanding audit para could be settled.

Published in Dawn, October 6th , 2015

According to investigative journalist Gerald Posner, the death of Mir was not an accident, but instead an act of sabotage.

The author claims in his book Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11, that Osama bin Laden struck a deal with Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) through Mir in 1996 to get protection, arms, and supplies for Al-Qaeda. The meeting was blessed by the Saudis through Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, the Saudi intelligence chief.

However, after theSeptember 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, and a reversal of Pakistani and Saudi stances favoring the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, the three Saudi princes associated with the deals died within days, and seven months after that, Mir's plane crashed near the Pakistan–Afghan border. Prince Turki bin Faisal, on the other hand, was removed as intelligence chief and sent as Ambassador to United Kingdom during the same time

 

[Lucky Breeze]

Its a myth that Late air chief didn't want US to operate the airbases and musharraf was behind this incident.Few culprits of musharraf attack in 2003 at RWP belongs to PAF which strengthen this belief. However it dosen't look possible.

 

[Leviza]

Its a myth that Late air chief didn't want US to operate the airbases and musharraf was behind this incident.Few culprits of musharraf attack in 2003 at RWP belongs to PAF which strengthen this belief. However it dosen't look possible.

It was a myth only

actually , it was the same chief who was not consulted on Kargil operation in 1999 as it was just a musharraf thingi .. when he was asked to respond with air force , he declined and only said PAF will react if Pakistan airspace is violated.

He was killed when mush took the power.. he was asked by few close people to resign but he carry on being chief ...

 

[Mughal-Prince]

Its a myth that Late air chief didn't want US to operate the airbases and musharraf was behind this incident.Few culprits of musharraf attack in 2003 at RWP belongs to PAF which strengthen this belief. However it dosen't look possible.

Just a myth though nothing much!

According to investigative journalist Gerald Posner, the death of Mir was not an accident, but instead an act of sabotage.

The author claims in his book Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11, that Osama bin Laden struck a deal with Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) through Mir in 1996 to get protection, arms, and supplies for Al-Qaeda. The meeting was blessed by the Saudis through Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, the Saudi intelligence chief.

However, after theSeptember 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, and a reversal of Pakistani and Saudi stances favoring the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, the three Saudi princes associated with the deals died within days, and seven months after that, Mir's plane crashed near the Pakistan–Afghan border. Prince Turki bin Faisal, on the other hand, was removed as intelligence chief and sent as Ambassador to United Kingdom during the same time

Indeed a sabotage but rest is another conspiracy theory. Mushaf has nothing to do with OBL that's bullsh!t but the actual thing for this sabotage is unknown. I asked my close relative from PAF who has knowledge about it and he replied with just one word yes but when I asked further he looked at me ferociously so I shut my mouth and never asked again. Now he is no more and that is all I know that it was a sabotage nothing else.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

how many senior pakistani military officers have died in plane crashes ??
i cannot recollect any high ranking indian military official dying in a plane crash.

India loses a squadron every year!

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

They went for cheap and used jet which is not worthy to fly and such risk of high rank officers . This incident was bound to happen.