Bangladesh plane crash: Milestone college students walking out with burn injuries, many feared stuck | 5 Latest updates

Multiple casualties are feared at Dhaka's Milestone School and College following a Bangladesh Air Force F-7BGI training aircraft crash on Monday. Several students are feared trapped at the campus as rescue efforts are underway. 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. The death toll is yet to be ascertained, a military spokesperson said.

 

Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh's interim government, said "necessary measures" would be taken to investigate the cause of the accident and "ensure all kinds of assistance." "The loss suffered by the Air Force, students, parents, teachers and staff, and others in this accident is irreparable," he said.

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Here are five latest updates from the Bangladesh capital city following the unfortunate development:

 

1. The F-7BGI took off at 1:06 pm and crashed not long after 1:30 pm. Rescue work is still progressing as it still remains unknown how many people remain inside the building involved in the incident.

 

2. Two platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed to aid the rescue operations and maintain law and order in Uttara.

 

3. The Bangladesh Air Force aircraft crashed into a building where coaching classes were taking place. It is said that 100 to 150 students were inside the building at the time of the crash.

 

4. Injured students are still coming out one by one, with many having suffered burns, Bangladesh-based Jugantor reported. Multiple casualties are feared following the incident, they added.

 

5. Regular classes had ended for most batches when the aircraft came down crashing. However, there were a reasonable number of students at the campus, media reports said. A special team of doctors has been deployed at the emergency department of the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute of Dhaka Medical College to treat the injured.

 

 

 

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