On the day of the crash, General Zia had been attending a demonstration of American-made M1A1 main battle tanks near Bahawalpur in the Punjabi desert.

• 在空难的那一天，吉阿将军在旁遮普大沙漠的巴哈瓦普尔（音）附近参加一次美国造M1A1主战坦克的军事演习。