The Director General (DG) of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, addressed a press conference in Rawalpindi on Thursday. After a “projectile,” initially thought to be a private jet, crashed near Mian Channu on Wednesday night, a press conference was convened.
Initial tactical efforts are underway, and the Armed Forces will get to the bottom of this situation as soon as possible, he stated.
He said, “On March 9, at 6:43 pm, a high-speed flying object was picked up inside the Indian territory. From the initial course, it deviated and entered Pakistan territory and fell in Pakistani territory, causing some damage to civilian installations but no loss of life was reported.”
“The flight path endangered civilians in both Pakistan and India. India must explain what caused this; this reflects poorly on Indian aviation,” he said, adding that this could have resulted in a major aviation disaster.
Pakistan strongly protests the “flagrant violation”, he remarked.
Prior to the announcement by the DG ISPR, reports arose that a small training plane had crashed during a routine flight in Mian Channu, a village in Punjab’s Khanewal district, on Thursday.
The jet was reportedly undergoing standard training when it crashed near Toll Plaza in Mian Channu, according to sources at the time. Of course, these rumors were false.
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