A Pakistani Mirage fighter aircraft today crashed during a routine training flight in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) said that the French-made jet went down near Dera Ismail Khan town.
"Pakistan Air Force reports with regret that a PAF Mirage Aircraft, while on a routine operational training mission, crashed," it said in a statement without mentioning whether there were any casualties in the incident.
A search and rescue operation is underway, while a board of inquiry has been ordered by Air Headquarters to determine the cause of accident.
The immediate cause of the crash was not known but it appears to be due to some technical fault. There were no news on any of the pilots.
