Egypt condoles Bangladesh over victims of deadly Dhaka plane crash - Foreign Affairs
On Monday afternoon, a Bangladesh training aircraft crashed into a school in Dhaka, killing the pilot and 26 other people, most of whom were students, officials said.
In its statement on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed Egypt's solidarity with the people of Bangladesh in confronting the consequences of this tragic incident, sympathising with the victims' families and wishing a speedy recovery to the injured.
The crash sparked a fire that left a two-story building in Dhaka smoldering. A total of 171 people—mostly students, many with burn injuries—were rescued and evacuated from the scene.
Authorities initially confirmed 20 deaths, with seven more dying overnight from their injuries, raising the death toll to 27 by Tuesday morning. Doctors noted late Monday that around two dozen of the injured were still in critical condition.
As of Tuesday, 78 people—most of them students—remained hospitalized.
The pilot, Flight Lt. Mohammed Toukir Islam was on his solo flight as part of a training course when the crash occurred, with the military noting that he made every effort to divert the aircraft away from densely populated areas.
This marks the deadliest plane crash in the Bangladeshi capital in recent memory; in 2008, another F-7 training jet crashed outside Dhaka, killing the pilot after he ejected due to a technical malfunction.
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