A F-7 fighter jet on a training flight crashed on Tuesday in Central Myanmar due to “a sudden engine shutdown,’’ killing the only pilot onboard.

The Deputy Director General of the Department of Civil Aviation, Htet Aung disclosed this, saying the Chinese-made F-7 crashed near Taungoo Air Base in Myanmar’s Bago Region at ten thirty six am, as the official said.

Pilot Arkar Win died in the crash, he added.

Sometime in June 2017, a military Y-8 transporter crashed into the Andaman Sea off the coast of southern Myanmar, killing all 122 people on board.