At the least 16 individuals have died after a Bangladesh air pressure aircraft crashed into a university campus, in keeping with an official.
The plane crashed into the campus of Milestone Faculty and School in Uttara, within the northern space of the capital Dhaka, the place college students had been taking checks or attending common courses.
The Bangladesh navy’s public relations division added that the plane was an F-7 BGI, and had taken off at 1.06pm native time earlier than crashing shortly after.
Video exhibits hearth and smoke rising from the crash web site, with a whole lot trying on.
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Pics: Reuters
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Pics: Reuters
Citing the responsibility officer on the hearth service management room, Prothom Alo additionally reported that the aircraft had crashed on the roof of the faculty canteen.
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Rafiqa Taha, a 16-year-old scholar on the faculty who was not current on the time of the crash, informed the Related Press that the varsity has round 2,000 college students.
“I was terrified watching videos on TV,” she added. “My God! It’s my school.”
