At least 20 People died and were over 170 After training of Bangladeshi Air Force, the injured jet crashed in a school premises in the capital Dhaka.
After a milestone school and college footage in Uttara’s suburb shown a huge fire and thick smoke after slamming in a two -storey building.
The armed forces said in a statement on Facebook that F-7 Jet on Monday experienced a mechanical mistake for training exercises after 13:00 local time (07:06 GMT). The pilot was one of the killed, the Air Force said.
A doctor of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery said that more than 50 people were taken to the hospital with Burns.
Many of the victims were students who were allowed out of school when the aircraft crashed. The Health Ministry said that seventeen casualties were children.
The age limit for school going students is between four and 18 years.
A college teacher, Rezaul Islam, told the BBC bungalow that he hit the aircraft “straight” building.
Another teacher, Masood Tariq, told Reuters that he heard an explosion: “When I looked back, I only saw fire and smoke … There were many parents and children here.”
One year 10 The student said that when he left the building only after finishing an examination. Saw that the plane hit the building “right in front of my eyes”. His best friend died in front of him, he said.
The statement of the armed forces states that pilot, flight lieutenant MD. He had only gone away from the base of an Air Force in the capital.
The statement said that an inquiry committee has been formed to see the incident.
In the hours after the accident, images from the scene showed the score of emergency service workers, who sorted through the living debris and to find the survivors, to find the surrounding buildings to see, to see the surrounding buildings.
The Health Ministry said that the victims have been treated in seven hospitals across the city.
At the Uttara Adhir Medical College Hospital, an on-duty doctor said that most of the injured were between 10 and 15 years of age, who were suffering from jet fuel burning.
Large -scale crowds thrilled the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, desperate for information about family relatives and volunteers who came to donate blood.
The eight -year -old nephew of a person was among the students who were killed in an accident. “My dear nephew is still in the morgue,” he said, his hand is resting on his younger brother, the boy’s father’s arm, who kept repeating: “Where is my son?”
Muhammad Yunus, leader of the interim government of Bangladesh, said that “necessary measures” would be taken to investigate the cause of the incident and “ensure all kinds of assistance”.
He said in a post on X, “This is a moment of deep sorrow for the nation.
Bangladesh announced a day of mourning on Tuesday, when the national flag will be flown half-incomplete across the country.
Additional Reporting by Alex Clademen and Tiffany Wertheimer
