Dhaka, May 9 -- level probe committee has been formed over the crash of a training fighter jet of Bangladesh Air Force into the Karnaphuli river in Chattogram on Thursday morning that left a pilot dead.

The probe body was formed as per the order of the Air Force chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan, according to the Inter-Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR).

Earlier, a pilot died and another was injured after a BAF training fighter jet crashed into the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram around 10:25am.

The pilot, Mohammad Asim Jawad, breathed his last around 12:30 pm while undergoing treatment at BNS Issa Khan Hospital in Patenga.

The injured pilot is Wing Commander Md Sohan Hasan Khan.

A rescue operation is on to retrieve the aircr...