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A training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed at Rasulpur in Madhupur upazila of Tangail district on Friday afternoon, killing its lone pilot.
Rezaul Karim, assistant director of Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR), said the F-7 aircraft crashed around 2:50pm during an air exercise.
The accident left Pilot Wing Commander Arif Ahmed Dipu dead on the spot, UNB reported quoting the ISPR official.
Rezaul further said the aircraft took off from Dhaka around 2:25pm.
Hailing from Iswardi of Pabna, Dipu was commissioned in Bangladesh Air Force in 1997. He left behind his son and daughter.
Wishing anonymity, an officer of Orunkhola police outpost said the plane burst into flames after it crashed into a Gozari forest inside Telki Firing Range.
The ISPR could not immediately confirm the cause of the accident.