Firefighters work on the website of a Bangladesh Air Drive coaching plane that crashed into a college campus shortly after takeoff in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladesh Air Drive coaching plane crashed into a college campus within the capital, Dhaka, shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing not less than 19 individuals together with the pilot and injuring greater than 100, officers stated.
In keeping with the navy and a hearth 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 had been attending courses.
The Fireplace Service and Civil Protection stated that not less than 19 individuals, largely college students, died and one other 116 had 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 Drive coaching plane crash in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday.
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The navy stated the jet took off from Bangladesh Air Drive Base A.Okay. Khandaker in Dhaka’s Kurmitola neighborhood at 1:06 p.m. native time and crashed quickly after, catching fireplace instantly. It stated the plane “experienced a technical malfunction,” however {that a} high-level committee throughout the Air Drive would conduct an investigation to find out the trigger.
Flight Lieutenant Md. Toukir Islam, made “every effort to divert the aircraft away from densely populated areas toward a more sparsely inhabited location,” the navy stated. “Unfortunately, the aircraft crashed into a two-story building” throughout the college.
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 panicked on the scene as rescuers, utilizing tricycle rickshaws or no matter was out there, transported the injured to native hospitals.
Firefighters examine the wreckage of a Bangladesh Air Drive 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 nervous dad and mom ran frantically. One father sprinted along with his daughter cradled in his arms. A mom cried out, having discovered her youthful little one, however desperately looking for her elder. College students stated the college’s buildings trembled violently adopted by a giant explosion, sending them working for security.
Screams and desperation crammed the air at a close-by hospital.
Docs at Uttara Adhunik Hospital reported that greater than 60 college students, many aged 12-16, had been transferred to a specialised burn hospital after arriving with burn accidents.
On the crash scene, troopers used megaphones to regulate the gang, sophisticated by the realm’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, looking for 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 Force personnel, students, parents, teachers, staff, and others,” calling it “a moment of deep national grief.”
The map above reveals the placement of an Air Drive 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 go out to the bereaved families,” Modi stated in a submit on X. “India stands in solidarity with Bangladesh and is ready to extend all possible support and assistance.”
Rafiqa Taha, a scholar who was not current on the time of the crash, informed The Related Press by cellphone that the college, with some 2,000 college students, gives courses from elementary to twelfth grade.
“I was terrified watching videos on TV,” the 16-year-old stated. “My God! It’s my school.”
