Two pilots killed in Pakistan fighter crash
Two Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilots were killed on 26 June when an F-7 fighter jet crashed during a training mission at a base outside the northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said.
The aircraft was landing after the routine flight when it crashed, the PAF said in a statement.
It did not give further details but said a ‘board of inquiry has been ordered by air headquarters to determine the cause of accident.’
The F-7, a Chinese variant of the Russian MiG-21, has been in the PAF fleet for decades.
It plans to replace the ageing jets by 2020 with JF-17s, which are co-produced with China.
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