Pakistani pilot killed in jet fighter crash

Islamabad, August 05: A Pakistan Air Force jet fighter crashed Wednesday near the north-western town of Attock, killing the pilot, the military said.

The Chinese-built F-7 aircraft was on a routine training mission when it went down in a field after apparently suffering a technical failure, air force spokesman Air Commodore Tariq Yazdani said.

No one on the ground was injured.

An inquiry was begun into the cause of the accident.

—–Agencies