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| Security officials cordon-off the area after the fighter jet crashed over the bus terminal (AFP) |
Karachi : A fighter jet of Pakistan Air Force crashed onto a bus terminal outskirts of Karachi killing at least four people and injuring nine, according to officials.
Before crashing over the generally busy bus terminal, which leads to many cities of Baluchistan, it plunged into high tension wires causing fire in many empty buses standing in the bus terminal.
"Both pilots embraced martyrdom in the fighter jet crash today," an air force spokesman said.
According to police two people were killed on the ground and nine more injured.
The crashed plane is said to be Mirage fighter jet, and the crashed was blamed to be a some technical fault.
Pakistan Air Force the largest fleet of refurbished French Mirage fighter air crafts.