Death Toll in Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crash Rises to 27
Death Toll in Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crash Rises to 27

Death Toll in Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crash Rises to 27

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Bangladesh Fighter Jet Crash Death Toll Rises To 27

The Chinese-made F-7 BJI aircraft crashed into the Milestone School and College on Monday, leaving over 170 people injured. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam, was on a routine training mission when the jet reportedly encountered a mechanical failure.

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Death toll from a Bangladeshi fighter jet crash into a school in Dhaka has risen to 27, with most of the victims being children.

Gatekeepers News reports that according to Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the chief adviser for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 25 of the dead are children, and one is the pilot.

The Chinese-made F-7 BJI aircraft crashed into the Milestone School and College on Monday, leaving over 170 people injured. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam, was on a routine training mission when the jet reportedly encountered a mechanical failure.

“The exact cause remains under investigation,” the military said in a statement. The pilot tried to divert the aircraft away from densely populated areas, but it crashed into the two-storey school building despite his best efforts.

The interim government of Muhammad Yunus declared Tuesday a day of national mourning, expressing “deep grief and sorrow” over the incident.

“The loss suffered by the Air Force, the students, parents, teachers, and staff of Milestone School and College, as well as others affected by this accident, is irreparable,” Yunus said.

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Bangladesh in mourning after many schoolchildren killed in military jet crash

Bangladesh observed a day of national mourning on Tuesday. Air Force F-7 BGI aircraft went down during class hours at Milestone School and College in the capital’s Diabari area. The jet struck the building, killing many of the children on the spot and causing fatal burn injuries to others. At least 165 victims remained hospitalized, including 30 patients in serious condition, health authorities said.. The pilot and two teachers were among the 31 people killed in the crash. One of them sustained 100 percent burns while rescuing at least 20 students from the burning primary school building.

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Dhaka: When Fatema Akter went to school in the morning, she was supposed to be back home in the early afternoon. She never returned, along with at least 28 other children who were killed when a Bangladeshi military jet crashed into their classroom in Dhaka.

Bangladesh observed a day of national mourning on Tuesday, a day after the Air Force F-7 BGI aircraft went down during class hours at Milestone School and College in the capital’s Diabari area.

The jet struck the building, killing many of the children on the spot and causing fatal burn injuries to others, health authorities said, as at least 165 victims remained hospitalized.

“My niece, Fatema Akter, was a student of class three of that school. The school is actually five minutes walking from our home,” Leon Mir, a TV reporter who witnessed the crash that killed his sister’s eldest daughter, told Arab News.

“I saw a huge smoke and the roads were blocked after the plane crashed on the school. Immediately, I rushed to the school … somehow, I managed to enter. Seeing the situation on the ground, I was lost.”

As he reached the site, he could not see Akter and started to search for her at emergency units of local hospitals. He eventually found her at the Combined Military Hospital in another part of the city.

“She died on the spot, and her body was transported to the CMH by helicopter. I first found her school ID card and later on recognized her face,” Mir said.

Bangladeshi authorities have mobilized burn specialists and pediatricians from across the country to treat patients injured in the Dhaka disaster.

Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the government on health, told reporters that 30 patients admitted to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka remain in serious condition, and at least 10 are critical. Most are students.

Rahman said that among the 31 people killed in the crash were the pilot and two teachers. One of them, Maherin Chowdhury, sustained 100 percent burns while rescuing at least 20 students from the burning primary school building.

As bereaved families began to bury their children, at least five of them were from the families of Mir’s neighbors.

“This morning, another one died at the hospital,” he said.

“Since the accident, I haven’t been able to look at my sister’s face … it’s unimaginable — you send your child to school in the morning and receive their burnt body in the afternoon.”

Source: Arabnews.com | View original article

Bangladesh LIVE: Students protest in Bangladesh after air force jet crash kills 31, mostly children

Students protest in Bangladesh after air force jet crash kills 31, mostly children. Chinese-manufactured F-7 BGI Bangladesh Air Force jet ploughed into their school. The military said it had suffered mechanical failure.

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Students protest in Bangladesh after air force jet crash kills 31, mostly children

Police used tear gas to disperse angry students in Bangladesh on Tuesday who demanded answers from the interim government after an air force fighter jet crashed into a Dhaka school and killed 31 people, at least 25 of them children.

The children, many aged under 12, were about to return home from class on Monday when the Chinese-manufactured F-7 BGI Bangladesh Air Force jet ploughed into their school and burst into flames, trapping pupils in the fire and debris. The military said it had suffered mechanical failure.

Students from the school and others from nearby colleges protested as two government officials visited the crash site, demanding an accurate death toll and shouting, “Why did our brothers die? We demand answers!” Read here

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India offers medical aid to Bangladesh Air Force jet crash victims; death toll rises to 27

India offered medical assistance to Bangladesh after a fighter jet crashed into Dhaka’s Milestone School, killing 27. The Indian High Commission in Dhaka reached out to the Bangladesh government, offering support for critical medical treatment. Bangladesh is observing national mourning as investigations into the tragic incident continue. The jet was being piloted by Bangladeshi Air Force Flight Lieutenant Mohammad Towkir Islam Sagar, who also died in the crash. The Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, also expressed his profound grief over the incident in a condolence message on social media platform X. He said the loss suffered by the Air Force, the students, parents, teachers, and staff of Milestone school and College, as well as others affected by this accident, is irreparable.

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India offered medical assistance to Bangladesh after a fighter jet crashed into Dhaka`s Milestone School, killing 27. The Indian High Commission in Dhaka reached out to the Bangladesh government, offering support for critical medical treatment. Bangladesh is observing national mourning as investigations into the tragic incident continue.

Police stand guard beside crime scene barrier tape cordoning off the area as Bangladesh Air Force personnel inspect the crash site. Pic/PTI

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India on Tuesday offered medical assistance to victims of the recent fighter jet crash in the Diabari area of Bangladesh’s Dhaka, as the death toll in the Bangladesh fighter jet crash tragedy reached 27 on Tuesday.

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka highlighted that, “As a follow-up to the message from the Prime Minister of India, expressing condolence on the tragic Milestone School plane crash and offering all possible support & assistance, the Indian High Commission has today formally written to the Government of Bangladesh asking for sharing information on any critical medical support that may be needed to be arranged in India for those injured in the tragic incident,” as cited by news agency ANI. It also added that “the Indian High Commission will extend all necessary facilitation.”

In a clarification statement released by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), it was stated that the aircraft involved in the crash was a battle-ready fighter jet conducting a training mission.

Saidur Rahman, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser, on Tuesday morning while addressing the crash, said that “the total number of deaths has risen to 27,” as per news agency ANI.

Bangladesh is observing national mourning on Tuesday in memory of the victims of the fighter aircraft crash.

Earlier during the mid-hours of Monday, a Bangladesh Air Force F-7 fighter jet crashed into the Milestone School and College campus in Dhaka.

As per reports, the jet was being piloted by Bangladeshi Air Force Flight Lieutenant Mohammad Towkir Islam Sagar, who also died in the crash.

Muhammad Yunus, who is currently the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, also expressed his profound grief over the incident.

In his condolence message on social media platform X, Yunus asserted that the incident was an “irreparable” loss for the Bangladesh Air Force, as well as others affected.

Yunus also highlighted, “I express my deep grief and sorrow over the tragic incident of casualties caused by the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI training aircraft at the Milestone School and College campus in the Diabari area of the capital today. The loss suffered by the Air Force, the students, parents, teachers, and staff of Milestone School and College, as well as others affected by this accident, is irreparable. This is a moment of profound pain for the nation.”

The Chief Adviser expressed his deepest condolences to the family members of the deceased and further prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured in the crash.

The social media post on X also stated, “I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured and direct all concerned authorities, including hospitals, to address the situation with the utmost priority. The government will take necessary measures to investigate the cause of the accident and ensure all forms of assistance,” the post added.

(With ANI Inputs)

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