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After leaving Petaro, he joined the Pakistan
Air Force in 84 GDP course.
Nasir Mehmood, 79113
narrates: "Zubair was a very intense individual
and bit eccentric. He was very focused, good at
both studies as well as sports. He was so hell
bent to join PAF that after flunking the entry
test in Petaro for PAF he went on a BUNK to apply
from Hyderabad and the destiny was meant for him
to become a HERO. He enjoyed his stint in PAF
academy Risalpur and I am told he was second in
command for the final term in the academy. He was
never afraid to take on any challenge coming his
way his was always available to take bulls on the
horn. One of his course mates working in Radars
told me that he was very difficult to catch when
he was up there in the SKY, I reckon SKY was his
LIMIT."
Zubair laid down his
life trying to save the life of his student. One
of his PAF mates narrates the story of his act of
heroism as follows:
"I was in flight
safety when he crashed. Actually the aircraft went
into spin but they could not recover and decided
to eject. He was sitting in rear seat as
instructor. In tandem seat aircraft, the rear seat
always ejects first so that pilot in rear seat is
not injured when front pilot ejects (with jet of
front seat).
On Chinese aircraft
which Zubair was flying, there is no automatic
system where rear pilot ejects first! Zubair knew
if he ejected, his student will go down with the
aircraft. He ordered his student to eject. As
such, his student was not responding but after
repeated calls from Zubair, he ejected. As a
result Zubair was injured, incapacitated with jets
of front seat, and could not eject. He went down
with the aircraft.
The student landed
safely with parachute. However we will never know
if Zubair embraced shahadat due to jets of front
seat or was only injured and subsequently
crashed".
A report on this
crash is recorded on the website
http://www.warbirds.in/Crashes/crdetails.php?crno=PAF0077
as follows:
"A pilot was killed
as a jet trainer aircraft of PAF crashed on a
routine training mission. According to a press
release from Pakistan Army's ISPR, the other pilot
managed to eject safely when the aircraft crashed
near Isa Khel, about 190 kilometers southwest of
Islamabad. Crashed on a training mission in Punjab
province. Flying Off. Tanveer-ur-Rehman ejected
safely and Flt. Lt. Muhammad Zubair Khan received
fatal injuries in the crash"
Aircraft type: FT-6
Dat of crash: 18 May
1996
Pilot: Flying
Officer Tanveer-ur-Rehman
May Allah grant jannah to Flt.Lt. Muhammad Zubair
Khan.
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