Re: PAF Planes dropping like dead flies.
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Joke of the day.
Jokes aside, the FT-6 (JJ6) is a very old trainer aircraft from the 1950’s. Since it is a ‘trainer’ aircraft, common sense would tell you that the person operating it is most likely a student-pilot on a training mission. Trainers have higher chances of crashing due to the immaturity & inexperience of the students flying it. Apart from that, the plane is very old (been in PAF service for over 40 years), with loads of flight hours (which degrades its quality), which further increases the chances of it crashing.
The fighter version of this aircraft was phased out of the PAF, in 2000. Only 12-15 are left in the PAF (for training purposes) and are about to be phased out as well (either this year or 2008).