The picture shows crash site of a PAF fighter jet that occurred near Peshawar earlier this year. – File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Friday ordered a board of inquiry to determine the cause of its Mirage aircraft crash on a night routine training mission near Thal Range last night.

A Mirage aircraft, while on a night routine training mission, had crashed near Thal Range, District Jhang on Thursday night.

According to a PAF spokesman, the pilot, Squadron Leader Bilal Hassan Babri, succumbed to fatal injuries he sustained during the crash.

He said no loss to civilian life or property on ground has been reported.

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