Firefighters work on the web site of a Bangladesh Air Power coaching plane that crashed into a college campus shortly after takeoff in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladesh Air Power coaching plane crashed into a college campus within the capital, Dhaka, shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing at the very least 19 individuals together with the pilot and injuring greater than 100, officers mentioned.
In line with the navy and a fireplace official, the Chinese language-made F-7 BGI plane crashed into the campus of Milestone College and School, within the Uttara neighborhood, within the afternoon as college students have been attending courses.
The Fireplace Service and Civil Protection mentioned that at the very least 19 individuals, principally college students, died and one other 116 have been rescued with accidents. A big quantity sustained burn accidents.
The federal government introduced a nationwide day of mourning on Tuesday, with flags to fly at half-staff throughout the nation.
A helicopter carrying injured victims of a Bangladesh Air Power coaching plane crash in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday.
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The navy mentioned the jet took off from Bangladesh Air Power Base A.Ok. Khandaker in Dhaka’s Kurmitola neighborhood at 1:06 p.m. native time and crashed quickly after, catching hearth instantly. It mentioned the plane “skilled a technical malfunction,” however {that a} high-level committee throughout the Air Power would conduct an investigation to find out the trigger.
Flight Lieutenant Md. Toukir Islam, made “each effort to divert the plane away from densely populated areas towards a extra sparsely inhabited location,” the navy mentioned. “Sadly, the plane crashed right into a two-story constructing” throughout the faculty.
It’s the deadliest airplane crash within the Bangladeshi capital in latest reminiscence.
Native media indicated a lot of the injured have been college students. Family members panicked on the scene as rescuers, utilizing tricycle rickshaws or no matter was accessible, transported the injured to native hospitals.
Firefighters examine the wreckage of a Bangladesh Air Power coaching plane that crashed onto a college campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday.
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A determined scene unfolded because the crash occurred.
Native residents and rescuers carried wounded college students on their laps, whereas fearful mother and father ran frantically. One father sprinted together with his daughter cradled in his arms. A mom cried out, having discovered her youthful youngster, however desperately trying to find her elder. College students mentioned the college’s buildings trembled violently adopted by a giant explosion, sending them operating for security.
Screams and desperation crammed the air at a close-by hospital.
Medical doctors at Uttara Adhunik Hospital reported that greater than 60 college students, many aged 12-16, have been transferred to a specialised burn hospital after arriving with burn accidents.
On the crash scene, troopers used megaphones to manage the group, difficult by the world’s dense inhabitants, a close-by metro station and quite a few surrounding outlets and houses.
By Monday night, rescuers continued to scour the particles, trying to find our bodies.
Bangladesh’s interim chief Muhammad Yunus pledged an investigation into the crash, expressing his deep sorrow over the “heartbreaking accident” at Milestone College and School.
In a press release, he lamented the “irreparable” loss suffered by “Air Power personnel, college students, mother and father, lecturers, workers, and others,” calling it “a second of deep nationwide grief.”
The map above reveals the situation of an Air Power jet that crashed into a college in Bangladesh.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed shock and disappointment over the “tragic air crash in Dhaka” that resulted within the lack of many lives, together with younger college students.
“Our hearts exit to the bereaved households,” Modi mentioned in a submit on X. “India stands in solidarity with Bangladesh and is able to lengthen all potential assist and help.”
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, provides courses from elementary to twelfth grade.
“I used to be terrified watching movies on TV,” the 16-year-old mentioned. “My God! It is my faculty.”
