At least 27 folks have been killed after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into a non-public school campus in the south Asian nation’s capital, Dhaka, on Monday (July 21, 2025).
It is the deadliest airplane crash in the Bangladeshi capital in current reminiscence. In 2008, one other F-7 air pressure training jet crashed exterior Dhaka, killing its pilot, who had ejected after he found a technical downside.
While particulars are nonetheless rising, this is what is understood to this point:
The crash
The F-7 BGI jet, a variant of a Chinese fighter, crashed into the campus of the Milestone School and College, in the Uttara neighbourhood of Dhaka.
The pilot was amongst the lifeless, in accordance to the army and a fireplace official, and 171 folks, largely college students, have been injured.
Officials described the aircraft as a training aircraft. The army mentioned the jet took off from Bangladesh Air Force Base A Okay Khandaker in Dhaka’s Kurmitola neighbourhood at 1:06 pm native time and crashed quickly after, catching fireplace instantly.
Onlookers gathered as Bangladesh Air Force personnel examine the crash web site a day after a training jet crashed into a school in Dhaka on July 22, 2025.
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The army mentioned the pilot tried to keep away from densely populated areas however the jet hit a two-story constructing. It mentioned the aircraft skilled a “technical malfunction,” including that a high-level Air Force committee will examine the trigger.
The school
The crash occurred on the campus of Milestone, a school with some 2,000 college students. It describes itself as having greater than twenty years of expertise as a main non-public academic establishment.
Rafiqa Taha, a pupil who was not current at the time of the crash, instructed The Associated Press by cellphone that the school affords courses from elementary to twelfth grade.
The school says it has a deal with extracurricular actions, profession counselling and “global opportunities.” The Uttara neighbourhood is in northern Dhaka, a metropolitan space of greater than 20 million folks.
The victims
Details are nonetheless rising. Local media stories mentioned lots of the greater than 160 injured had been college students who had been on campus for afternoon courses.
Reactions
Bangladesh’s interim chief Muhammad Yunus pledged an investigation, expressing his deep sorrow over the “heartbreaking accident.” The authorities has introduced a nationwide day of mourning on Tuesday (July 22, 2025), with flags to fly at half-staff throughout the nation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned in a submit on X: “Our hearts go out to the bereaved families. India stands in solidarity with Bangladesh and is ready to extend all possible support and assistance.”
