Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashes in Dhaka
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A Bangladeshi air force jet crashed into a college campus on Monday in the capital Dhaka. At least 27 people are dead. Authorities say 25 are children.
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DPA International on MSNDeath toll rises to 31 after plane crashes into Dhaka schoolThe death toll from the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training jet into a school in Dhaka has risen to 31, most of whom are pupils, officials said on Tuesday. The Chinese-made F-7BGI fighter jet crashed into the two-storey Milestone School and College in the north of the capital on Monday.
In Dhaka, a city of over 20 million, Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport operates with just one active runway. Every day, 300–400 commercial flights, military jets, and around 100 private helicopters share this single strip.
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Muhammad Yunus, head of the interim government in Bangladesh, expressed his "deep sorrow and grief" after an air force jet crashed into a campus in Dhaka.