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Chronological Listing of Pakistani Air Force
Mirage Losses and Ejections |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 27th July 1974 |
 (PAF) |
Mirage | G. Capt. W. Azim | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 21st December 1974 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Flt. Lt. S.Arshad | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 3rd April 1976 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 8th September 1977 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 11th October 1977 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 10th April 1978 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 10th August 1981 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 14th September 1981 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 15th May 1982 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 7th September 1982 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | ||||||
| ??-??-1983 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage IIIRP | high altitude mid-air collision during annual JetStream excercise | ??? | ||||
| ??-??-1983 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage IIIRP | ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 10th November 1983 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | ||||||
| 29th November 1983 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 13th March 1984 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 29th January 1985 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| ??-??-1986-7 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | Masroor | crashed Masroor airfield | killed | |||
| Date ?? |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | crashed at Somiani, 750lb bomb explosion | pilot ejected | Martin-Baker | |||
23rd March 1987 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | Rawalpindi crashed due to a bird strike at the National Day military parade in Rawalpindi. | Pilot Mohammad Saeed Iqbal was killed | ||||
| 6th July 1988 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage 3DP | Masroor AB | Crashed into a factory killing both pilots and 13 others on ground | ||||
| killed | killed | |||||||
| 8th March 1989 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 18th May 1992 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 1st November 1992 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 7th November 1992 |
(PAF) |
Mirage |
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Flt. Lt. Taimuri | Martin-Baker | |||
| 3rd May 1993 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Flt. Lt. S. M. Ali | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 27th September 1993 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | ||||||
| 15th June 1994 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage III | Sind | |||||
| 15th January 1995 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 19th March 1995 |
(PAF) |
Mirage IIIEP | ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 13th December 1997 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | Masroor AB | Routine training flight. Aircraft caught fire and crashed during a routine training flight near the southern city of Karachi | Flt Lt Rashid Khan died soon after of his injuries | |||
| 26th October 1999 |
(PAF) |
Mirage IIIE | On a routine flight when it crashed north of its base near Masroor, Karachi | pilot ejected safely | Martin-Baker | |||
| 5th July 2000 |
(PAF) |
Mirage 5 | Masroor AB | crashed 40 miles north of Masroor AB nearr Mauripur | pilot ejected safely | Martin-Baker | ||
| 12th September 2000 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | developed a fault during a routine mission crashed 5km north of Masroor AB near Karachi | pilot ejected safely. | Martin-Baker | |||
| Friday 10th November 2000 |
Pakistan AF |
Mirage 5 |
Probable engine failure during a test flight. Crashed near Merignac, France |
 French civilian pilot ejected safely |
Martin Baker | |||
| 26th April 2001 |
(PAF) |
Mirage 5F | 752 | Minhas Base | crashed in Bhakwal village of Khore area of Attock district | Squadron Leader Ihtesham ejected safely | Martin-Baker | |
| 30th May 2001 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | crashed during a routine flight near Mianwali | pilot ejected safely | Martin-Baker | |||
| 26th/27th July 2001 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | Masroor | Crashed into a mountain peak at 4000ft near Hub rive while returning to the airbase after a night training mission | Grp. Capt Ali Asad killed | Gp Capt Ali Asad Khan Mirage 2003 | 11 Sqn, Sargodha 1988 | |
| 25th January 2002 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage 5PA3 | 7 Sqn | Karachi airport | Flying solo on a routine training mission. Crashed over the Arabian sea near Karachi. Disappeared off radar screens at about 7.30 p.m | Sqn. Ldr. Mazhar - not found - missing presumed killed | ||
| 25th April 2002 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage 5F | Kamra | No.25 Sqn | ||||
| August 2002 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | Masroor | Group Capt killed | ||||
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Friday 15th November 2002 12.20 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | 405 | Rafiqui PAF Airbase, Shorkot | crashed near Chak, 20 km from Toba Tek Singh on Toba-Khumanan Wala Road | Squadron Leader Hasnat Ikram died from injuries | ||
| Saturday 14th July 2003 |
(PAF) |
Mirage III | aircraft crashed near Shorkot while on routine operational training mission |
no ejection Sqn Ldr Shahab Nawaz killed |
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| 30th September 2003 |
(PAF) |
Mirage III | Masroor AFB | crashed on the outskirts of the town on Hub, Baluchistan around 1:45pm | pilot ejected safely | Martin-Baker | ||
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Thursday 5th August 2004 afternoon 1.30pm |
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Mirage III | Technical malfunction while on routine operational training mission, crashed in a village near Pishin 28 miles north east of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Islamabad | pilot ejected safely | Martin-Baker | |||
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Wednesday
27th or 28th July 2005 evening |
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Mirage III | ? | Crashed at Basai, 50 miles (80 kilometres) southwest of Islamabad | Pilot ejected |
Martin-Baker PRM4 |
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| Thursday 25th August 2005 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | plane was on a routine training mission, crashed at an abandoned place in Badin village, 170 (105 miles) east of Karachi, an Air Force official said. | pilot successfully ejected and recovered | Martin-Baker Mk.6 | |||
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Sunday, 11th September 2005 |
(PAF) |
Mirage | Rafiqui Shaheed Airbase at Shorkot | crashed at the Thathi hilly terrain of Daud Khel and Pai Khel area due to rough weather and downpour near Mianwali. | Wing Commander Rizwan was killed |
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Thursday 20th April 2006 |
(PAF) |
Mirage III | Masroor Air Force Base |
 Xinhua/AFP |
pilot Sqn Ldr Saeed Khan ejected safely |
Martin-Baker PRM4-1 | ||
| Technical fault, during routine flight. crashed 4 miles west of base. near Naval Colony in Gharbi Area of Baldia Town in the port city of Karachi, Islamabad, Pakistan | pilot Flt Lt Kashif Iqbal ejected safely | Martin-Baker PRM4-1 | ||||||
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Thursday 18th May 2006 |
(PAF) |
Mirage III |
7 Sqn Masroor Air Force Base |
crashed near the port city of Karachi (80 km northwest of Karachi) |
pilot Sqn Ldr Omer ejected safely |
Martin-Baker OM-6 | ||
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13th September 2006 morning |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | On an operational exercise mission. Crashed due to bad weather and heavy rains in the area in the mountains area in eastern Punjab province near Pai Khel (Mianwali) some 230 kilometers southwest of Islamabad | Wing Commander Rizwanullah killed | no ejection | |||
| Monday 20th November 2006 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage III EA | ROSE 1 |
CCS sqn. PAF Base Rafiqui, Shorkot |
Crashed due to a technical
problem near Dera Ismail Khan, a city in the North West Frontier Province. No
damage or loss of life was reported on the ground [Pakistan Air Force Spokesman] |
Pilot Wing Commander Faisal Mumtaz Rao ejected safely [90th GD(P) Course] ejected safely | Martin-Baker | |
| 19th October 2006 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage III [ROSE II] |
Mushaf air base, Sargodha | Controlled Flight into the terrain) due to poor visibilty. Crashed in the Thal firing range, about 48 kilometres west of Jhang district | Wing Commander Akram Ranjha killed | no ejection | ||
| Wednesday 20th December 2006 |
(PAF) |
Mirage 5 | Masroor AFB Karachi |
Bird strike.
The aircraft engine sustained irrecoverable damage
and the aircraft could not sustain level flight. Crashed on the western outskirts of the port city of Karachi, Manghopir area, 15 kilometres from Karachi, during a routine training flight, no one was injured on the ground |
pilot Sqn Ldr Azmat ejected safely | Martin-Baker PRM4-1 | ||
| Wednesday 31st January 2007 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage III | Rafiqui airbase |
Technical problem.
During night
flying, Landing Gears could not be lowered both by normal as well as emergency method. Crashed in Katcha Dhappra fields, near Machiwal, in Jhang district. No ground casualties reported |
Flt Lt Talha Saeed - Ejected safely | photo ??? | Martin-Baker PRM4-1 | |
| Wednesday 7th February 2007 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage 5 | PAF Base Minhas |
Technical problems during training
flight. crashed in the eastern province of Punjab, near Jhang, a city about 290
kilometers (180 miles) southwest of the capital, Islamabad [SOURCE: Pakistan Media] |
Squadron Leader Ishtiaq ejected safely | Martin-Baker PRM4-1 | ||
| Wednesday 25th April 2007 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | Routine training flight. Crashed in central Punjab province near the town of Jhang | pilot ejected safely | Martin-Baker | |||
| Friday 15th February 2008 |
Pakistan |
Mirage |
Sargodha AFB |
Tedchnical fault. Crashed into fields at Shaheenabad village, 30 km southeast of Sargodha, Central Punjab |
Wing Commander Mohammad
Azhar Ismael died in the crash |
Martin-Baker | ||
| Wednesday 16th December 2009 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | Developed technical fault on a routine training mission. Cashed near Kalar Kahar in Chakwal district Punjab | Pilot ejected | Martin-Baker | |||
