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PAF trainer plane F-7 crashed killing the pilot on board

KARACHI:  Pakistan Air Force F-7 trainer plane crashed here near toll plaza Thursday night killing the pilot on board. "The PAF trainer plane which flew from the Air Base, caught fire as soon it crashed on the ground near toll plaza at 10:00 pm", said the police. "Some technical problem occurred soon after the plane took off from the air base", said the PAF officials. The plane dived while flying over the Majid Barfat Goath, some 15 kms from the Super Highway in the jurisdiction of Bhola Khan police station but the pilot managed to flew it away from the populated area and crashed it two miles away near a hill. "The pilot laid down his life in a struggle to safe the populated  area", said an eye witness. The officials of the Air force reached the venues through a helicopter and shifted body of the pilot to the hospital, DPO Jam Shoro Pir Fareed Jan informed. An inquiry into the accident has been ordered by the PAF, said the PAF official.
 

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