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PAF Mirage Fighter aircraft crashes near Thal

APP Published August 15, 2012
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The picture shows an earlier crash of a PAF fighter jet that occurred near Peshawar earlier this year. - File Photo

ISLAMABAD: A Mirage fighter aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed near Thal in Punjab during a routine operational training mission.

The PAF spokesman said here on Wednesday that the pilot of the aircraft had ejected safely.

Furthermore, he said that there were no reports of any loss of civilian life or property on ground.

Subsequently, a board of inquiry was ordered by Air Headquarters, he added.

 

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