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Published : 21 Jul 2025, 02:00 PM
At least one person has died and more than 50 students have been injured or burnt after a Bangladesh Air Force aircraft crashed into Milestone School and College campus in Dhaka’s Diabari.
The F-7 BGI training jet crashed shortly after takeoff around 1:06pm on Monday, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The plane caught fire right after the crash. A plume of thick smoke could be seen from quite a distance. Eight Fire Service units rushed to the scene to put out the flames.
Lima Khanam, duty officer at the Fire Service Central Control Room, said: “The training aircraft crashed at the Milestone School and College in Diabari. Our team has recovered one body. The Air Force has rescued four people with injuries and taken them away.”
The identity of the dead person has yet to be confirmed. The ISPR has also not released any information about the pilot.
Shah Bulbul, a Milestone School and College spokesman, said: “The plane fell on the gate and crashed nearby. Classes were in session where the plane crashed with young students inside. The injured are being taken out one by one.”
Many of the victims were seen being taken away on stretchers and loaded into ambulances. Two platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have joined the rescue efforts and are helping maintain order at the site.
Some of the burnt and injured victims were taken to Crescent Hospital in Uttara.
Nazmul Islam, the hospital’s director of administration, said: “We have treated 15 people. Two of them are teachers and the rest are students.”
“Those with minor burns are being treated here. Some are under observation. Those with more than 30 percent burns on their bodies are being referred to the burn unit.”
Dr Shawon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said: “So far, we have received 30 patients in our emergency department.”
“The number continues to rise. Most of the burn victims are students, and all of their conditions are critical.”
