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Dhaka crash: ‘My buddy died proper in entrance of me’


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Abul Azad, Sajal Das, Shahnewaj Rocky and Mukimul Ahsan

BBC Bangla, in Dhaka

BBC Wearing his school uniform with green tassles on his shoulders, Farhan Hasan looks towards the camera as he is surrounded by adults.BBC

12 months 10 pupil Farhan Hasan had simply completed an examination when the airplane crashed

Farhan Hasan had simply completed an examination and left the classroom chatting to pals when a Bangladeshi air pressure coaching jet crashed into his college campus – killing a minimum of 27 folks.

“The burning airplane was hitting the constructing proper in entrance of my eyes,” the Milestone Faculty and School pupil informed BBC Bangla.

Footage from the varsity in a northern suburb of the capital, Dhaka exhibits an enormous hearth and thick smoke, after the plane slammed right into a two-storey constructing.

Greater than 170 folks have been injured within the crash.

The armed forces mentioned that the F-7 jet had skilled a mechanical fault after taking off for a coaching train simply after 13:00 native time (07:00 GMT). The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Md. Taukir Islam, was amongst these killed.

Place crash witness: ‘I heard an explosion, noticed hearth and smoke’

Farhan, who was chatting with BBC Bangla alongside his uncle and his father, added: “My finest buddy, the one I used to be within the examination corridor with, he died proper in entrance of my eyes.

“In entrance of my eyes… the airplane went proper over his head. And lots of mother and father have been standing inside as a result of the youthful youngsters have been popping out because it was the tip of the varsity day… the airplane took the mother and father together with it.”

A trainer on the faculty, Rezaul Islam, informed the BBC that he noticed the airplane “immediately” hit the constructing.

One other trainer, Masud Tarik, informed Reuters that he heard an explosion: “Once I appeared again, I solely noticed hearth and smoke… There have been many guardians and youngsters right here.”

Hours after the crash, in a residential space which is sort of densely populated, enormous crowds gathered with folks standing on high of buildings to get a view.

As folks ran in all instructions, ambulances and volunteers labored to search out their technique to carry the injured and plenty of our bodies out of the Milestone Faculty and School.

A minimum of 30 ambulances have been seen transferring folks out.

One girl looking for info on the scene informed the BBC her son had known as her proper after the crash, however she had not heard from him since.

Nur Photo via Getty Images Rescue workers removed rubble and debris from the crash siteNur Photograph through Getty Photos

Rescue staff eliminated rubble and particles from the crash website

Greater than 50 folks, together with kids and adults, have been taken to hospital with burns, a health care provider on the Nationwide Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgical procedure mentioned.

Many households and relations of victims have been contained in the hospital – together with Shah Alam, the uncle of a 12 months 8 boy, Tanvir Ahmed, who died within the crash.

“My beloved nephew is within the morgue proper now,” Mr Alam mentioned holding on to his youthful brother – Tanvir’s father – who was unable to talk.

A lot of the victims contained in the burns hospital are minors – most of them are between the ages of 9 and 14.

Many different members of the general public got here to the hospital to donate blood; whereas quite a few politicians from the 2 outstanding political events Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami visited.

Bangladesh’s well being ministry mentioned victims have been admitted throughout seven hospitals within the Dhaka; whereas the interim authorities has introduced a day of mourning on Tuesday throughout the nation, when the nationwide flag will likely be flown at half-mast.

The pilot had tried to navigate the jet to a much less populated space after the mechanical fault occurred, the armed forces assertion mentioned. He had solely simply taken off from an air pressure base within the capital.

An investigation committee has been fashioned to look into the incident, the assertion added.

Muhammad Yunus, the chief of Bangladesh’s interim authorities, mentioned “mandatory measures” can be taken to research the reason for the incident and “guarantee every kind of help”.

“This can be a second of deep sorrow for the nation. I want the injured a speedy restoration and instruct all authorities, together with the hospitals involved, to cope with the state of affairs with utmost significance,” he mentioned in a publish on social media website X.

A map showing the airforce base, and where the school is, which is a relatively short distance away.