At least 19 people have been killed when a training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Guard crashed into a building at Milestone School and College in Uttara. At least 120 people were injured in the incident. Director General of Fire Service and Civil Defence Brigadier General Mohammad Zahed Kamal confirmed the news. He said this while visiting the accident site at Milestone around 5:45 p.m. today.
The plane crashed into the school building around 1:15 p.m. The aircraft took off at 1:06 p.m. on Monday, according to a press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR). It later crashed.
Ambulances are coming out of the destroyed building of Milestone College one after another. They are now requesting blood donations for the injured.
At least 120 people were treated at Uttara Hospital after a training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Guard crashed at Milestone School building in the capital’s Uttara. Dr Akash, assistant director of the hospital, said 120 burn victims were treated here. Most of them suffered 60-70 percent burns. Most are between the ages of 14 and 20. One of them is 15 years old, the other is 20 years old. The names and identities of the deceased could not be ascertained.
The aircraft took off at 1:06 p.m. on Monday, according to a press release from the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR). It later crashed.
The training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Guard crashed within 12 minutes of taking off at the Milestone School and College building in Uttara. The F-7 BJI trainer aircraft of Bangladesh Air Guard took off at 1:06 pm, the ISPR said. The fire service reported that the training aircraft crashed into a building at Milestone School and College at 1:18 p.m. In that case, the plane crashed 12 minutes after takeoff.
About F-7BJI
A Bangladesh Air Guard FT-7BGI fighter jet, a Chinese-built variant of the Chengdu J-7, crashed near Milestone College’s Uttara campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The aircraft, identified as a training jet with tail number 701, was on a routine training mission when the incident occurred.
The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Tauqir (call sign Planet Ape), was killed during the accident. Flight Lieutenant Tauqir had just returned from a UN peacekeeping mission and was taking a plane for a training flight. Flight Lieutenant Tauqir was absent from any flying activities for two years. Rescue operations are ongoing, with emergency services responding at the scene.
The cause of the crash has not been officially confirmed, but initial reports suggest a possible pilot error. The FT-7BGI is a derivative of the F-7 series, equipped with older avionics and used primarily for training. This incident adds to the Bangladesh Air Guard’s history of crashes involving Chinese-origin and Russian-origin aircraft, raising concerns about their reliability.
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