At the very least 18 folks have died after a Bangladesh air power airplane crashed into a university campus, the army stated.
The plane crashed into the campus of Milestone College and Faculty in Uttara, within the northern space of the capital Dhaka, the place college students had been taking checks or attending common courses.
The pilot was one of many folks killed, and, in line with the army, 164 had been injured within the incident.
The Bangladesh army’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 bunch trying on.
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Pics: Reuters
The reason for the crash was not instantly clear.
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Pics: Reuters
Citing the obligation officer on the hearth service management room, Prothom Alo additionally reported that the airplane had crashed on the roof of the faculty canteen.
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Rafiqa Taha, a 16-year-old scholar on the college 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.”
