ISLAMABAD: Flags flew at half mast across Pakistan yesterday as the nation observed a day of mourning for its air force chief and 16 people killed in the worst air tragedy since military ruler General Zia ul Haq died in a plane crash in 1988.
An air force Fokker F-27 carrying Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir , 55, his wife and 15 senior air force officers and technicians came down in foggy weather early Thursday in mountains near the town of Kohat in northwest Pakistan, where Ali was heading to conduct an inspection ceremony at the local air force base.
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