Firefighters work on the website of a Bangladesh Air Power coaching plane that crashed into a faculty campus shortly after takeoff in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladesh Air Power coaching plane crashed into a faculty campus within the capital, Dhaka, shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing no less than 19 individuals together with the pilot and injuring greater than 100, officers mentioned.
In accordance with the navy and a hearth official, the Chinese language-made F-7 BGI plane crashed into the campus of Milestone Faculty and School, within the Uttara neighborhood, within the afternoon as college students have been attending lessons.
The Fireplace Service and Civil Protection mentioned that no less than 19 individuals, largely 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 fireplace instantly. It mentioned the plane “skilled a technical malfunction,” however {that a} high-level committee inside 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” inside the faculty.
It’s the deadliest airplane crash within the Bangladeshi capital in current reminiscence.
Native media indicated many of the injured have 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 verify the wreckage of a Bangladesh Air Power coaching plane that crashed onto a faculty 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 apprehensive 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 mentioned the varsity’s buildings trembled violently adopted by an enormous 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, have been transferred to a specialised burn hospital after arriving with burn accidents.
On the crash scene, troopers used megaphones to regulate the gang, difficult 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 Faculty and School.
In an announcement, he lamented the “irreparable” loss suffered by “Air Power personnel, college students, dad and mom, 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 faculty in Bangladesh.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed shock and unhappiness 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 publish on X. “India stands in solidarity with Bangladesh and is able to prolong all potential help and help.”
Rafiqa Taha, a pupil who was not current on the time of the crash, advised The Related Press by cellphone that the varsity, with some 2,000 college students, presents lessons 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.”
