Bangladesh plane crash: what we know, what is the last | Aviation news

A Bangladesh air force training jet has crashed on a school campuskilling at least 19 people.

Here is the last one we know:

What happened during the Bangladesh plane crash?

“The BGI training planes of the Bangladesh Air Force were crashed in Uttara. The plane took off at 1:06 pm (07:06 GMT),” said the public relations team of the Bangladesh army.

Local media reported that the plane crashed around 1:30 p.m.

Videos emerged from the consequences of the accident, showing a fire, as well as thick smoke plumes rising in the sky while people were looking at a distance.

The accident marks the deadliest aviation incident in Bangladesh since the 1984 crash of an aircraft traveling from Chattogram to Dacca killed the 49 people on board.

Last month, a Indian water The passenger plane crashed into a medical college inn in the city of Ahmedabad in India, killing 241 of the 242 people on board as well as 19 people on the ground. This incident marked the worst aviation disaster in the world in a decade.

Where has the plane crashed?

The plane crashed on the Milestone school and college campus, a private school in the northern district of Dhaka d’Uttara.

Images shared online after the accident showed the point where the plane crashed on the side of a building, leaving a gaping hole.

At the time of the accident, students passed tests or took regular lessons.

What is the size of this school?

According to information available on the school website, 6,000 students listed on milestones.

What kind of plane was it?

The F-7 BGI is a light “multi-rolment” fighter made by Chinese Chengdu Corporation.

Multi-roll fighter planes are built to play several “roles” in combat, including air-air, air bombing, recognition and abolition of aerial defenses.

The BGI was presented as the most advanced F-7 when the Bangladesh bought 36 in 2022.

It had been improved according to the Bangladesh specifications.

What do we know about victims?

At least 19 people died and more than 100 were injured, based on data from several hospitals.

The authorities have not published details on those who have died or who are injured.

“A third year student was brought dead and three others, aged 12, 14 and 40, were admitted to the hospital,” said Bidhan Sarker, chief of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital Burn Unit, to the Reuters news agency.

What do rescue efforts look like?

More than 50 people, including children, were admitted to the hospital with injuries following the accident, said a doctor at the National Institute for Burns and Plastic Surgergies.

An emergency hotline was created at the Institute, Muhammad Yunus, the interim government head of Bangladesh, wrote in an article on X.

The local media reported that several of the wounded had been transported to the combined military hospital (CMH) through Air Force helicopters.

The army, the Air Force, the Police and the Bangladesh border guard (BGB), a border paramilitary security force, work together on rescue efforts, local media reported.

Eight firefighters are working to contain the fire, reported the Dhaka Tribune.

What is the last situation in the field?

Yunus said the government took all the “necessary measures” following the accident.

He posted on his account X that the bodies of those who can be identified will be returned to their family as soon as possible.

Those whose identities cannot be immediately confirmed will undergo DNA tests, after which their remains will also be given to their families.

In another article, Yunus shared the emergency contacts of various rescue services concerning the students of the missing school.