PESHAWAR: A training aircraft of Army Aviation crashed near Peshawar’s suburbs of Tagman, media quoted police sources as saying Thursday.

According to military sources, the Pak Army’s training plane encountered a technical fault during its routine flight.

The pilot of the ill-fated plane, Rashid died on the spot.

According to police sources, the relief teams and ambulances soon arrived on the spot. Also, the relief of Pak Army arrived on the mishap site.

Police sources told no fatalities have been reported as the plane crashed in fields.