DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladesh Air Power coaching plane crashed into a faculty campus within the capital, Dhaka, shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing at the least 18 individuals together with the pilot and injuring 164 others, the navy stated.
In response to the navy and a fireplace official, the Chinese language-made F-7 BGI plane crashed into the campus of Milestone College and Faculty, within the Uttara neighborhood, within the afternoon as college students had been attending courses.
The navy stated the jet took off at 1:06 p.m. native time and crashed quickly after, catching fireplace instantly. The trigger was not instantly clear.
It’s the deadliest airplane crash within the Bangladeshi capital in latest reminiscence.
Native media indicated a lot of the injured had been college students. Family members panicked on the scene as rescuers, utilizing tricycle rickshaws or no matter was obtainable, transported the injured to native hospitals.
Rafiqa Taha, a scholar who was not current on the time of the crash, instructed The Related Press by cellphone that the college, with some 2,000 college students, gives courses from elementary to twelfth grade.
“I used to be terrified watching movies on TV,” the 16-year-old stated. “My God! It is my faculty.”
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