The F-7 BGI jet, a variant of a Chinese fighter, crashed into the campus of the Milestone School and College, in the Uttara neighborhood of Dhaka. The pilot was among the dead, according to the military and a fire official, and 171 people, mostly students, have been injured.

A Bangladesh Air Force training fighter jet crashed into a school in Dhaka, killing 27 people, mostly children. The aircraft encountered a mechanical fault shortly after takeoff. A national day of mourning has been declared,