Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashes atop school building; 16 killed, dozens injured

Dhaka: A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed atop a school building here on Monday, killing at least 16 people, most of them children, and injuring dozens, officials said.

The aircraft crashed into the Milestone School and College campus in Dhaka's Uttara area.

“At least 16 people died following the crash of the air force craft into the Milestone College campus," said Md Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the chief adviser Muhammad Yunus for the Health Ministry.

Earlier, the defence ministry in a statement said that the F-7 BGI training aircraft took off at 1:06 pm and crashed into the college campus soon after.

The plane crashed with a big bang and immediately caught fire, a fire service official said.

According to police, firefighting units, ambulances, and air force helicopters rushed to the scene soon after the crash.

A teacher of the school said that dozens of ambulances were carrying the wounded to nearby hospitals.