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Air Force jet crashes in Diabari school

At least 19 people have been killed and over 50 students injured and burnt after a Bangladesh Air Force plane crashed into Milestone School and College in the capital’s Diabari. According to the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate, the F-7 BGI training jet went down at 1:06pm on Monday, shortly after takeoff.

Fire Service officers trying to suppress the fire after an F-7 BGI training jet of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed into the Milestone School and College compound and erupted in flames in Diabari, Dhaka. Photo: Reuters
Fire Service officers trying to suppress the fire after an F-7 BGI training jet of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed into the Milestone School and College compound and erupted in flames in Diabari, Dhaka. Photo: Reuters
Fire Service officers trying to suppress the fire after an F-7 BGI training jet of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed into the Milestone School and College compound and erupted in flames in Diabari, Dhaka. Photo: Reuters
Fire Service officers trying to suppress the fire after an F-7 BGI training jet of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed into the Milestone School and College compound and erupted in flames in Diabari, Dhaka. Photo: Reuters
Members of the Fire Service, Air Force, and Army conduct rescue operations at the site following the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft into the Milestone School and College premises in Diabari.
Members of the Fire Service, Air Force, and Army conduct rescue operations at the site following the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft into the Milestone School and College premises in Diabari.
Those injured in the jet crash in Diabari’s Milestone School and College are being transported to the hospital in an ambulance. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Those injured in the jet crash in Diabari’s Milestone School and College are being transported to the hospital in an ambulance. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Those injured in the jet crash in Diabari’s Milestone School and College are being transported to the hospital in an ambulance. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Those injured in the jet crash in Diabari’s Milestone School and College are being transported to the hospital in an ambulance. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Those injured in the jet crash in Diabari’s Milestone School and College are being transported to the hospital in an ambulance. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Those injured in the jet crash in Diabari’s Milestone School and College are being transported to the hospital in an ambulance. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A victim is being airlifted from the crash site after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet went down in the Milestone School and College compound. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A victim is being airlifted from the crash site after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet went down in the Milestone School and College compound. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A victim is being airlifted from the crash site after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet went down in the Milestone School and College compound. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A victim is being airlifted from the crash site after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet went down in the Milestone School and College compound. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A crowd gathers on the rooftop of a nearby under-construction building after an Air Force training aircraft crashed into the Milestone School and College compound in Dhaka’s Diabari. Photo: Reuters
A crowd gathers on the rooftop of a nearby under-construction building after an Air Force training aircraft crashed into the Milestone School and College compound in Dhaka’s Diabari. Photo: Reuters
Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury visits the plane crash site in Milestone School and College. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury visits the plane crash site in Milestone School and College. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

bdnews24.com

Published : 22 Jul 2025, 02:01 AM

Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 06:00 PM

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