Military jet crashes into a school campus in fireball explosion leaving at least one dead in Bangladesh
A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed onto a school campus in Dhaka on Monday afternoon, killing at least one person and injuring others.
The aircraft crashed on a campus of the Milestone School and College in the city’s Uttara area in the afternoon, where children were present.
Television footage showed fire and smoke billowing from the site of the crash as bystander are seeing trying put out the flames.
Other clips circulating on social media show crowds of students fleeing from the scene in a panic.
The Bangladesh Army’s public relations office confirmed in a brief statement that the downed F-7 BGI aircraft belonged to the Air Force.
One person was killed today in Dhaka after a Bangladeshi military jet crashed onto a school campus. File photo: DHAKA, BANGLADESH – JUNE 10: People visit Lalbagh Fort, located on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Fire official Lima Khan stated by phone that at least one person died and four others were injurer and rushed to the Combined Military Hospital for treatment.
It comes a month after a Air India flight crashed in Ahmedebad, killing 241 people on board.
A preliminary report into the crash found that fuel switches for the engines of the doomed Boeing 787 Dreamliner began to lose thrust and sink down moments after setting of to London from the Indian city on June 12.
This is a breaking news story, more to follow.
