Two Pakistani Army pilots were killed today when their fighter jet crashed in Gujranwala district in Punjab province during a training mission.
Army spokesman Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa said the aircraft was on a training mission when it crashed in Punjab.
"Both the crew members, instructor pilot Major Azhar and trainee pilot Captain Ahmed lost their lives in the crash," Bajwa said.
District Police Officer Rai Zameer said the army's Mushshak jet crashed near Chenab Bridge, some 100 kms from Lahore.
"Technical fault could be a reason behind the incident," he said.
The rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the bodies to the Combined Military Hospital Gujranwala district of Punjab.
Mushshak is a Pakistani built fixed wing turbo-prop trainer aircraft, improved version of the Saab Safari, used by the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force.
The crash is the latest deadly accident to hit Pakistan's military.
In November last year, a female pilot of Pakistan Air Force was killed when her trainer fighter jet crashed in Punjab province.
