INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least 19 people were eliminated as a Bangladesh air force training aircraft crashed into a college and school campus in the capital city
of Dhaka on Monday, a fire services official said.More than 50 people, including children and adults, were hospitalised with burns, a
physician at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery told reporters, Reuters reported.“& ldquo; Bangladesh Air’Force & rsquo;
s F-7 BGI training aircraft crashed in Uttara
The aircraft took off at 13:06 (0706 GMT),” & rdquo; the military & rsquo; s public relations department said in a statement.Videos of the
consequences of the crash showed a big fire near a lawn releasing a thick plume of smoke into the sky, as crowds watched from a
distance.Firefighters sprayed water on the mangled remains of the aircraft, which appeared to have actually rammed into the side of a
structure, damaging iron grills and producing an open hole in the structure, Reuters TV visuals showed.“& ldquo; A third-grade trainee was
generated dead, and 3 others, aged 12, 14 and 40, were admitted to the health center,” & rdquo; said Bidhan Sarker, head of the burn unit
at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where some victims were taken.Visuals likewise showed individuals shouting and sobbing as others
attempted to comfort them.“& ldquo; When I was picking (up) my kids and went to the gate, I realised something came from behind & hellip;
When I recalled, I only saw fire and smoke,” & rdquo; stated Masud Tarik, an instructor at the school.Muhammad Yunus, head of
Bangladesh’& rsquo; s interim federal government, said & ldquo; necessary procedures” & rdquo; would be required to examine the cause of
the accident and “& ldquo; make sure all type of assistance”& rdquo;
& ldquo; The loss suffered by the Air Force & hellip; trainees, parents, teachers and staff, and others in this accident is permanent,” &
rdquo; he said.The incident comes a little over a month after an Air India airplane crashed on top of a medical college hostel in
neighbouring India’& rsquo; s Ahmedabad city, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground, marking the world’& rsquo; s
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