
Bangladesh Air Force plane crashes into school campus in Dhaka, killing at least 20 people, officials say
The military said the jet took off at 1:06 p.m. local time and crashed soon after, catching fire immediately. The cause was not immediately clear.
Local media indicated most of the injured in Dhaka on Monday were students. Relatives panicked at the scene as rescuers, using tricycle rickshaws or whatever was available, transported the injured to local hospitals.
A desperate scene unfolded after the crash. Local residents and rescuers carried wounded students on their laps, while worried parents ran frantically. One father sprinted with his daughter cradled in his arms. A mother cried out, having found her younger child, but desperately searching for her elder.
Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus pledged an investigation into the crash, expressing his deep sorrow over the "heartbreaking accident" at Milestone School and College.
In a statement, he lamented the "irreparable" loss suffered by "Air Force personnel, students, parents, teachers, staff, and others," calling it "a moment of deep national grief."
Rafiqa Taha, a student who was not present at the time of the crash, told The Associated Press by phone that the school, with some 2,000 students, offers classes from elementary to 12th grade.
"I was terrified watching videos on TV," the 16-year-old said. "My God! It's my school."
It was the deadliest airplane crash in the Bangladeshi capital in recent memory, though a passenger plane owned by a joint Bangladeshi-U.S. firm crashed in Nepal in 2018, bursting into flames after careening off the runway and killing dozens of people on board.
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