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Saba Yemen
23-07-2025
- General
- Saba Yemen
Bangladeshi plane crash death toll rises to 27
Dhaka - Saba: Bangladeshi authorities announced on Tuesday that the death toll from a fighter jet crash into a school in the capital, Dhaka, has risen to at least 27. According to the Bangladesh National News Agency, Syedur Rahman, Special Assistant to the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said, "So far, the death toll is 27, including 25 children and one pilot." A Bangladesh Fire Department official indicated that the people were killed when an Air Force training plane crashed into an educational complex housing a college and school in the capital, Dhaka, on Monday. It is worth noting that this accident came more than a month after an Air India plane crashed into a medical college hostel in the neighboring Indian city of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 passengers on board and 19 people on the ground, in the world's worst aviation disaster in ten years. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
New York Times
21-07-2025
- General
- New York Times
Bangladesh Military Plane Crashes Into School, Killing at Least 19
A Bangladeshi military aircraft crashed onto a school campus on Monday afternoon, killing at least 19 people and injuring 50 others, according to Brigadier General Muhammad Zahid Kamal, the director of Bangladesh's fire department. The plane crashed into Milestone School in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital. There was no immediate information about the cause of the crash. Dozens of ambulances transported people injured in the crash to a hospital that specializes in treating burns, officials said. This is a developing story and will be updated.
