Disaster 🇧🇩 At least 19 dead after air force jet crashes into Bangladesh school - At least 19 people have died and 164 were injured after a Bangladeshi air force training jet crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka.

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At least 19 people have died and 164 were injured after a Bangladeshi air force training jet crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka.

Footage from Milestone School and College in the northern suburb of Uttara shows a huge fire and thick smoke, after the aircraft slammed into a two-storey building.

The armed forces said in a statement on Facebook that the F-7 jet experienced a mechanical fault after taking off for a training exercise just after 13:00 local time (07:06 GMT). The pilot was among those killed, the air force added.

More than 50 people, including children and adults, were taken to hospital with burns, a doctor at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery said.

The age range for students attending the school is between four and 18 years old.

A teacher at the college, Rezaul Islam, told BBC Bangla that he saw the plane "directly" hit the building.

Another teacher, Masud Tarik, told Reuters that he heard an explosion: "When I looked back, I only saw fire and smoke... There were many guardians and kids here."

A student said he saw the plane hit the building "right in front of my eyes".

The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Md. Taukir Islam, had tried to navigate the jet to a less populated area after the mechanical fault occurred, the armed forces statement said. He had only just taken off from an air force base in the capital.

The injured have been transferred to nearby hospitals, while emergency teams are continuing rescue operations at the scene. An investigation committee has been formed to look into the incident, the statement added.

Images from the scene show scores of emergency service workers sorting through charred rubble to try and find survivors, while being watched by huge crowds of onlookers who climbed on top of surrounding buildings to see.
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Muhammad Yunus, the leader of Bangladesh's interim government, said "necessary measures" would be taken to investigate the cause of the incident and "ensure all kinds of assistance".

"This is a moment of deep sorrow for the nation. I wish the injured a speedy recovery and instruct all authorities, including the hospitals concerned, to deal with the situation with utmost importance," he said in a post on X.

Bangladesh has announced a day of mourning on Tuesday, when the national flag will be flown at half-mast across the country.

Additional reporting by Alex Kleiderman and Tiffany Wertheimer
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How do you even crash a plane into a school? Pick a giant empty field, dumbass, I can see them on the map. I've crashed a thousand flight simulators. Effortless to not hit a school
Maybe he had a dead stick. Maybe he was knocked out after whatever happened to cause him to crash. Maybe SOMEBODY reposted his article after him and didn’t even include formatting or video and he was homicidal.
 
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Sanjay wake up, new scam just dropped.

"Hello maam, this is Dave calling from Milestone school. I am requiring you to do the needful and get me Walmart gift card so we can rebuild, okay fucking bitch?"
 
Now that I have been summoned, lets drop down to this specific locale and see the state of the jeets and the streets...
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All in all pretty typical for a jeet cityscape, though sadly the lack of obvious turds prevented me from getting a somewhat rare 5 line win today
Saaaaaar, I believe you can get "religious statue, structure, or symbol" if you take all the women in hijab into account. Also, you can barely see him in your streetview, but there's a man sitting in the blue shop who is clearly an observant Muslim.

Also, that bamboo scaffolding looks like it's about to get Islamic in a hurry.
 
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