Bangladesh Air Force coaching plane crashes into college in Dhaka, killing 16

A Bangladesh Air Force coaching plane crashed atop a college constructing in Dhaka on Monday (July 21, 2025), killing 16, most of them kids, and injuring dozens, an official stated.

The incident befell at Dhaka’s Uttara space. The plane crashed into the Milestone School and College campus.

“An F-7 BGI coaching plane took off at 1:06 p.m. immediately and crashed into the faculty campus quickly after,” the defence ministry stated in a press release.

“Our workforce has recovered one physique. The Air Force has rescued 4 folks with accidents and brought them away,” bdnews24 quoted Lima Khanam, responsibility officer on the Fire Service Central Control Room, as saying earlier.

The id of the deceased is but to be confirmed. There was no info on the pilot.

The aircraft crashed with a giant bang and instantly caught hearth, a hearth service official stated.

According to police, firefighting items, ambulances, and air power helicopters rushed to the scene quickly after the crash. A instructor of the college stated that dozens of ambulances had been carrying the wounded to close by hospitals.

“The aircraft fell on the gate and crashed close by. Classes had been in session when the aircraft crashed with college students inside. The injured are being taken out one after the other,” Shah Bulbul, a Milestone School and College spokesman, was quoted as saying by bdnews24.

According to the Dhaka Tribune newspaper, over 50 folks have been taken to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery following the crash.

Their identities weren’t instantly identified, however most of them are college students, it stated.