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Bangladesh Plane Crash: The Bangladesh government has declared a one-day state mourning over the tragedy

Bangladesh Plane Crash: A Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI training aircraft crashed into a school campus in northern Dhaka’s Uttara on Monday shortly after takeoff, killing at least 19 people while leaving over 100 injured, local media reported.

The Bangladesh government has declared a one-day state mourning over the tragedy, as per Daily Star.

Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser of the Bangladesh interim government, expressed condolences over the plane crash, and this is a moment of profound pain for the nation.

He also said the government will take necessary measures to investigate the cause of the accident.

How Crash Happened?

According to Bangladeshi news outlet Prothom Alo, the aircraft had departed at 1:06 pm, and the crash occurred soon after in a residential area of Uttara.

Initial reports indicate that the F-7 BGI aircraft crashed onto the roof of the canteen at Milestone College.

“The plane fell on the gate and crashed nearby. Classes were in session when the plane crashed with students inside. The injured are being taken out one by one," Shah Bulbul, a Milestone School and College spokesman, was quoted as saying by bdnews24.

Videos of the aftermath of the crash showed a big fire near a lawn emitting a thick plume of smoke into the sky, as crowds watched from a distance.

Firefighters sprayed water on the mangled remains of the plane, which appeared to have rammed into the side of a building, damaging iron grills and creating a gaping hole in the structure, Reuters TV visuals showed.

The incident comes a little over a month after an Air India plane crashed on top of a medical college hostel in India’s Ahmedabad city, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground, marking the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade.

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July 21, 2025, 14:25 IST

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