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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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