21-07-2025
Bangladesh air force jet crashes into school, killing at least 19
A Bangladeshi air force jet crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka, on Monday, killing at least 19 people, the government's media office said. More than 100 were injured, 68 critically, fire service spokesman Muhammed Shajahan Sikder wrote on X.
Most of the victims were students at the Milestone School and College in the neighborhood of Uttara. According to its website, the school has thousands of students from pre-kindergarden through high school across multiple sites. The country's communications office said in a statement that the FT-7 BGI fighter jet crashed after a 'technical malfunction' shortly after takeoff. The 'mechanical failure' is under investigation, the statement said.
