Pakistan says it downed 2 Indian military planes, captured pilot Pakistan's air force shot down two Indian military planes after they boundary between the two nuclear-armed rivals in the disputed territory of Kashmir on the February 27th, The country's chief military spokesperson said.
"There is only one pilot under Pakistan Army's custody," Maj.-Gen. Asif Ghafoor said Wednesday in a tweet above a photograph apparently showing the captured pilot, who was shot down earlier in the day after responding to a Pakistani airstrike in Indian-controlled Kashmir. It was previously said both the pilots were taken and one of the two was wounded.
An army official who could not be identified under briefing rules said the confusion came from troops on the ground. While they shot down two plans, he said one pilot landed inside Pakistani-controlled Kashmir and the other on the Indian side of the disputed border. So they do not have both pilots. I
"There is only one pilot under Pakistan Army's custody," Maj.-Gen. Asif Ghafoor said Wednesday in a tweet above a photograph apparently showing the captured pilot, who was shot down earlier in the day after responding to a Pakistani airstrike in Indian-controlled Kashmir. It was previously said both the pilots were taken and one of the two was wounded.
An army official who could not be identified under briefing rules said the confusion came from troops on the ground. While they shot down two plans, he said one pilot landed inside Pakistani-controlled Kashmir and the other on the Indian side of the disputed border. So they do not have both pilots. I
(source CBC news)