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Rocket fired on relief plane in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, April 13 (KUNA) -- A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) transport aircraft and a VIP chopper aborted their missions after a rocket was fired on one of them, said a report here Friday.
The PAF C-130 aircraft was taking relief goods to northern Chitral valley from the military airbase in Rawalpindi when the pilot noticed a rocket missing it while flying over Dir district, citing sources Dawn newspaper reported.
The pilot aborted the relief mission and returned back to Islamabad after about an hour, it said.
The PAF Director General Public Relations, air-commodore Sarfraz Ahmed, confirmed the incident but did not give any specific reason for the aborted mission. "We are finding out the details," he said. (end) amn.ema KUNA 130907 Apr 07NNNN