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- The Advertiser
Death toll rises to 31 in Bangladesh air force crash
At least 31 people have been killed after a Bangladesh air force training jet crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka, officials say, with 88 people, including children, being treated in hospital. The aircraft crashed soon after it took off from an airbase in the capital on a routine training mission. The military said the plane experienced a mechanical failure. Included in the toll were at least 25 students, a teacher who died from burn injuries she sustained while helping others get out of the burning building and the pilot of the training aircraft. Bangladesh declared Tuesday a day of national mourning, with the flags flying at half-mast across the country. The jet, a F-7 BGI, is the final and most advanced variant in China's Chengdu J-7/F-7 aircraft family, according to Jane's Information Group. Bangladesh signed a contract for 16 aircraft in 2011 and deliveries were completed by 2013. Several hundred pupils demonstrated near the crash site on Tuesday, demanding a thorough investigation and an accurate death count. The demonstration began as two senior advisers from the interim administration arrived at the scene. The protesters chanted slogans such as "We want justice" and "Why did our brothers die? We demand answers!" effectively trapping the advisers and several senior officials inside the school building. In a video message, Bangladesh's interim leader and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus promised an investigation into the accident. "We will definitely investigate this incident, but these innocent children will never come back," he said. "They are all our children, and they are gone forever. We are ensuring treatment for the injured, and everyone is making every effort for them," he added. He expressed sympathy for the parents, relatives and friends of the deceased, saying: "To say we are shocked would be an understatement. The scars of this accident have not yet healed." The crash comes weeks after an Air India plane crashed into a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad in neighbouring India, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. with DPA and AP At least 31 people have been killed after a Bangladesh air force training jet crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka, officials say, with 88 people, including children, being treated in hospital. The aircraft crashed soon after it took off from an airbase in the capital on a routine training mission. The military said the plane experienced a mechanical failure. Included in the toll were at least 25 students, a teacher who died from burn injuries she sustained while helping others get out of the burning building and the pilot of the training aircraft. Bangladesh declared Tuesday a day of national mourning, with the flags flying at half-mast across the country. The jet, a F-7 BGI, is the final and most advanced variant in China's Chengdu J-7/F-7 aircraft family, according to Jane's Information Group. Bangladesh signed a contract for 16 aircraft in 2011 and deliveries were completed by 2013. Several hundred pupils demonstrated near the crash site on Tuesday, demanding a thorough investigation and an accurate death count. The demonstration began as two senior advisers from the interim administration arrived at the scene. The protesters chanted slogans such as "We want justice" and "Why did our brothers die? We demand answers!" effectively trapping the advisers and several senior officials inside the school building. In a video message, Bangladesh's interim leader and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus promised an investigation into the accident. "We will definitely investigate this incident, but these innocent children will never come back," he said. "They are all our children, and they are gone forever. We are ensuring treatment for the injured, and everyone is making every effort for them," he added. He expressed sympathy for the parents, relatives and friends of the deceased, saying: "To say we are shocked would be an understatement. The scars of this accident have not yet healed." The crash comes weeks after an Air India plane crashed into a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad in neighbouring India, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. with DPA and AP At least 31 people have been killed after a Bangladesh air force training jet crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka, officials say, with 88 people, including children, being treated in hospital. The aircraft crashed soon after it took off from an airbase in the capital on a routine training mission. The military said the plane experienced a mechanical failure. Included in the toll were at least 25 students, a teacher who died from burn injuries she sustained while helping others get out of the burning building and the pilot of the training aircraft. Bangladesh declared Tuesday a day of national mourning, with the flags flying at half-mast across the country. The jet, a F-7 BGI, is the final and most advanced variant in China's Chengdu J-7/F-7 aircraft family, according to Jane's Information Group. Bangladesh signed a contract for 16 aircraft in 2011 and deliveries were completed by 2013. Several hundred pupils demonstrated near the crash site on Tuesday, demanding a thorough investigation and an accurate death count. The demonstration began as two senior advisers from the interim administration arrived at the scene. The protesters chanted slogans such as "We want justice" and "Why did our brothers die? We demand answers!" effectively trapping the advisers and several senior officials inside the school building. In a video message, Bangladesh's interim leader and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus promised an investigation into the accident. "We will definitely investigate this incident, but these innocent children will never come back," he said. "They are all our children, and they are gone forever. We are ensuring treatment for the injured, and everyone is making every effort for them," he added. He expressed sympathy for the parents, relatives and friends of the deceased, saying: "To say we are shocked would be an understatement. The scars of this accident have not yet healed." The crash comes weeks after an Air India plane crashed into a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad in neighbouring India, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. with DPA and AP At least 31 people have been killed after a Bangladesh air force training jet crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka, officials say, with 88 people, including children, being treated in hospital. The aircraft crashed soon after it took off from an airbase in the capital on a routine training mission. The military said the plane experienced a mechanical failure. Included in the toll were at least 25 students, a teacher who died from burn injuries she sustained while helping others get out of the burning building and the pilot of the training aircraft. Bangladesh declared Tuesday a day of national mourning, with the flags flying at half-mast across the country. The jet, a F-7 BGI, is the final and most advanced variant in China's Chengdu J-7/F-7 aircraft family, according to Jane's Information Group. Bangladesh signed a contract for 16 aircraft in 2011 and deliveries were completed by 2013. Several hundred pupils demonstrated near the crash site on Tuesday, demanding a thorough investigation and an accurate death count. The demonstration began as two senior advisers from the interim administration arrived at the scene. The protesters chanted slogans such as "We want justice" and "Why did our brothers die? We demand answers!" effectively trapping the advisers and several senior officials inside the school building. In a video message, Bangladesh's interim leader and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus promised an investigation into the accident. "We will definitely investigate this incident, but these innocent children will never come back," he said. "They are all our children, and they are gone forever. We are ensuring treatment for the injured, and everyone is making every effort for them," he added. He expressed sympathy for the parents, relatives and friends of the deceased, saying: "To say we are shocked would be an understatement. The scars of this accident have not yet healed." The crash comes weeks after an Air India plane crashed into a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad in neighbouring India, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. with DPA and AP
RNZ News
20 hours ago
- Automotive
- RNZ News
Value of electric vehicle imports falls nearly 60 percent
Electric vehicle imports have seen a large decline in last year. (File photo) Photo: Horst Galuschka / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP The value of fully electric vehicle imports fell nearly 60 percent in June over the year earlier. Stats NZ said the total value of passenger motor vehicle imports for the 12 months to June was down 23 percent or $1.4 billion to $4.9b. "Electric vehicle imports saw the largest decline, down by $518 million," Stats spokesperson Viki Ward said. The value of electric vehicle imports fell 57 percent, totalling $395m, with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles down 38 percent to $234m, while hybrid electric vehicle imports rose 3.8 percent to $1.6b. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Qatar Tribune
21 hours ago
- Business
- Qatar Tribune
Notre Dame in Paris to be mapped digitally by Microsoft
DPA Paris Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is to be digitally mapped by US tech giant Microsoft, with every detail of its Gothic sculptures captured. The project is expected to take at least a year and cost several million dollars, Microsoft President Brad Smith told magazine Le Point on Monday. Following the example of previous digitalization projects, such as St Peter's Basilica in Rome, the cathedral will be captured using high-precision technology to ensure it is digitally preserved for future generations. The Parisian landmark reopened its doors in December after a devastating fire in April 2019 and years of renovation work. Smith, who is in the French capital, also announced that around 1,500 historical stage set models from the Paris Opera are to be digitized in collaboration with the French Ministry of Culture.
Qatar Tribune
21 hours ago
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Rory McIlroy switches focus to being at top form for Ryder Cup
London: Rory McIlroy is resetting his focus and his schedule in order to be on top form for Europe's defence of the Ryder Cup. Finishing a distant seventh to Open champion and world number one Scottie Scheffler was not how the Northern Irishman wanted to end his major season, especially on home soil at Royal Portrush. But having shown he is over the blip he encountered after his Masters win, which completed the career Grand Slam in April, the 36-year-old is keen to save his best for Bethpage in New York this September. He still has the FedEx Cup play-offs to come in August but his real motivation comes the following month and that is why he will not be playing much as he looks to retain his sharpness. 'I feel like being back in Europe for a bit was a nice reset,' said McIlroy. 'I feel like I'm getting back to where I want to be and we've still got a lot of golf left this year with obviously Ryder Cup being the big one in there in September. II don't want to play too much leading up to that because I want to be fresh. I'll reflect on what's been already a good year and start to get myself ready for that run up to the Ryder Cup.' (PA Media/DPA)
Qatar Tribune
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Qatar Tribune
Trump urges Commanders and Guardians teams to reverse name change
DPA Washington US President Donald Trump on Sunday called for Washington's football and Cleveland's baseball teams to revert to their former names, which had long been criticized as racist. 'The Washington 'Whatever's' should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team. There is a big clamoring for this,' Trump wrote on Truth Social. 'Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, with a storied past,' he wrote. 'Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them. Times are different now than they were three or four years ago. We are a Country of passion and common sense.' Trump went on to say he may 'put a restriction' on the Washington team if they did not revert. 'I won't make a deal for them to build a Stadium in Washington. The Team would be much more valuable, and the Deal would be more exciting for everyone,' Trump wrote. The Redskins name was retired in 2020, in what was seen a major win for Native American activists who had long seen the team's name as an offensive slur against the indigenous people of the US. The team played as the Washington Football team for two seasons and rebranded as the Washington Commanders in 2022. Cleveland dropped the name Indians in 2020, before announcing the switch to Guardians in 2021. Many sports teams reconsidered their names amid a protest movement against racism, sparked by the 2020 death of George Floyd, a black man, in police custody.
