DHAKA: (Jul 21) A Bangladesh Air Force training fighter jet crashed into a school building in Dhaka shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing at least 20 people, mostly children, and injuring 171, in one of the deadliest aviation accidents in the country’s recent history.
The F-7 BGI aircraft, a training fighter jet manufactured in China, crashed into the two-storey building of Milestone School and College at Diabari in Dhaka’s Uttara area.
The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Mohammad Towkir Islam, was killed in the crash. PTI
