| A Pakistani air force plane has crashed in northwestern Pakistan, according to government sources. All 17 people aboard -- including the country's air force chief Mushaf Ali Mir and several other top-ranking officials -- were killed, the sources said. The Fokker aircraft went down around 9:15 a.m. (11:15 p.m. Wednesday ET) west of Islamabad, the sources said. It is not clear what caused the crash. The plane was en route to Kohat... The vice chief of the Pakistan Air Force Syed Qaiser Hussain has been appointed acting chief of the air force, according to news agency reports. |