21-07-2025
Bangladesh air force plane crash: At least 1 dead, several injured - What we know so far
At least one person died and several were injured after a Bangladeshi air force trainee jet crashed into a college building in Dhaka on Monday.
According to local media reports, the aircraft took off at 1:06pm from Bangladesh's capital and crashed inside the Milestone College compound in Uttara 17 around 1:30pm.
What we know so far
According to a physics teacher of Milestone College, he was standing near the 10-storey college building when the aircraft hit the campus. The plane crashed into the front side of the adjacent three-storey school building, trapping several students, he said.
Footage showed smoke rising from the school building as rescue teams worked to secure the area and transport the injured.
Two platoons of BGB have been deployed to carry out rescue operations and maintain law and order following the crash , Bangladesh daily Prathom Alo said.
A Bangladesh air force training aircraft crashed into a building of Milestone School and College in the capital's Uttara. One by one, the injured are being taken to the
National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery
. As of 3 pm, 20 people have been admitted there. Hospital officials say most of the injured are students.
Daily Star reported that army personnel were seen rescuing the injured students in their arms to the rickshaw vans and other vehicles.
An eyewitness, Saadman Rhuhsin, who works at Friendship & Cooperation Recruitment — an office located near the school — said the jet crashed into the school building. "Members of the army and fire service rushed to the spot and moved students and guardians to a safe place," he told Daily star.
Authorities have launched an investigation to determine what led to the crash of the Chinese-made F-7 BGI, a type commonly used by the Bangladesh air force for training missions.
