Aircraft had taken off from Masroor air base on a routine training mission.
A Mirage training jet of the PAF crashed in Gadap area on the outskirts of Karachi on Friday while it was on a training flight, officials said.
A spokesman of Pakistan Air Force (PAF), later in a statement confirmed the incident saying Squadron Leader Tanveer Ahmed has died in the crash and that Air Force helicopters had reached the site of the crash for rescue operations.The spokesman said the crashed aircraft was flying under night operational training, adding that the air headquarters has directed to launch an investigation into the incident.
A Mirage training jet of the PAF crashed in Gadap area on the outskirts of Karachi on Friday while it was on a training flight, officials said.
A spokesman of Pakistan Air Force (PAF), later in a statement confirmed the incident saying Squadron Leader Tanveer Ahmed has died in the crash and that Air Force helicopters had reached the site of the crash for rescue operations.The spokesman said the crashed aircraft was flying under night operational training, adding that the air headquarters has directed to launch an investigation into the incident.
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