India, Oct. 12 -- A training aircraft of the Pakistan Army crashed near Nawan Killi in Quetta on Monday due to a technical fault, killing two military pilots, media reports said.

In a statement quoted by Dawn News, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan military, said, "At midday, a Mushshak training aircraft of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Nawan Killi, Quetta, due to a technical fault."

The statement identified the deceased as Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun, the instructor, and Captain Abdul Samad, who was undergoing training as a student pilot.

The crash comes amid a series of military aviation accidents in Pakistan.

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