A pilot was killed as a French-made Mirage fighter jet of the Pakistan Air Force crashed in the eastern Punjab province on Friday, a PAF statement said.
"Pakistan Air Force announces with great sorrow and grief that a Mirage fighter aircraft, while on a routine operational training mission, crashed 30 Kilometers South East of Sargodha," said the statement.
The crash apparently occurred due to technical malfunction, the statement said, adding that the pilot of the aircraft Wing Commander Azhar Ismael was killed in the accident.
No loss of life or property has been reported on ground.
A board of inquiry has been ordered by Air Headquarters to determine the cause of the accident.
Pakistan's arsenal of Mirages is the second biggest after France, which is not only maintaining a big fleet of Mirages but is also overhauling the planes of the PAF.
Source:Xinhua
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