ISLAMABAD: The pilot and co-pilot were killed when a Pakistan Air Force Mirage aircraft crashed in Qadirabad, Mandi Bahauddin, on Thursday, a PAF spokesman said.

According to eyewitnesses, the pilots died while avoiding the fall of the aircraft in a populated area. No loss of civilian life or property was reported in the area where the plane wreckage fell.

An inquiry was ordered by the PAF to ascertain the cause of crash.—APP