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Speaker 1: It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital

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of Bangladesh, as one of the Bangladesh Air Force training

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planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations

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and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School

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and College, with nineteen victims already confirmed dead by local authorities,

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while over one hundred persons, mostly students, are hospitalized this

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the head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunis, has

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assured the public that the Government of Bangladesh will carry

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out investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash,

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as some of the victims were seen walking out from

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the burning flames with almost completely burned bodies. It was

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gathered that the plane crashed immediately after takeoff around one

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pm local Bangladesh time, which was seven o’clock a MGTM.

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According to Hindustan Times, a Bangladesh Air Force F seven

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BGI training aircraft crashed into a college campus in Dhaka,

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killing at least nineteen and injuring over one hundred people.

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Local media reported that the leaders and activists of Bangladesh

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to Treleague faced a brutal mob attack while donating blood

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to save the injured students of the Milestone School playing crash.

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Military and the fire officials said the Bangladesh Air Force

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F seven BGI aircraft crashed into the campus of Milestone’s

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School and College in Dhaka’s Utter neighborhood on Monday afternoon,

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where students were taking tests or attending regular classes. Sado Rahman,

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a National Burn Institute official in Dhaka, told Bangladesh’s leading

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English daily, The Daily Star, reported that the death toll

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rose to sixteen within hours, as reported by CNN, and

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a few hours later, The Daily Star up dated its

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reports to nineteen confirmed dead and one hundred persons injured.

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Parents and relatives panicked at the scene as rescuers using tricycle,

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rickshawts or whatever was available transported the injured. Rafika Taha,

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as student of the school who was not present at

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the time of the crash, said, according to the Associated

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Press report, that Milestone’s School and College, with some two

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thousand students, runs classes from elementary to twelfth grade. On Monday,

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she said some students were taking tests while others attended

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regular classes. I was terrified watching videos on TV, said

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the sixteen year old student. My god, it’s my school.

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The Bangladesh Army’s public relations office confirmed in a brief

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statement that the dand F seven VG high aircraft belonged

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to the Air Force. Fire official Lima Kannum stated by

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phone that at least one person died and four others

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were injured, though she did not provide further details. A

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third grade student was brought in dead and three others

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aged twelve, fourteen and forty were admitted to the hospital.

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Bidden Saka, head of the burn unit at the Daccamedical

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College and Hospital where some victims we were taken, said,

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according to Reutter’s news agency. Muhammad Unis, head of Bangladesh’s

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interim government, said necessary measures would be taken to investigate

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the cause of the accident and insure all kinds of assistance.

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The loss suffered by the Air Force, students, parents, teachers

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and staff and others in this accident is irreparable, he said.

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Unis also announced that an emergency hotline has been activated

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at the National Institute of Berne and Plastic Surgery in

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the wake of the crash. In quotes, Muhammad Units tweeted

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and said an emergency hotline has been activated at the

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National Institute of bern and Plastic Surgery due to urgent

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needs following the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training

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aircraft at the Milestone School and College campus resulting in casualties.

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Hotline number one nine four nine O four three six

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ninety seven in the die Yarberry area of the capital.

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At the Milestone School and College campus, a Bangladesh Air

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Force training aircraft crashed, resulting in casualties. The bodies of

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those whose identities can be confirmed will be handed over

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to their families as soon as possible. The bodies of

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those whose identities cannot be immediately confirmed will be identified

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through DNA testing and subsequently handed over to their families.

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The Honorable Chief Advisor is closely monitoring the treatment of

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the injured to ensure uninterrupted medical operations. The general public

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is specially requested to avoid unnecessary crowding in the hospital area.

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I express my deep grief and sorrow over the tragic

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incident of casualties caused by the crash of a Bangladesh

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Air Force F seven BG training aircraft at the Milestone

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School and College campus in the Diabari area of the

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capital today. The loss suffered by the Air Force, the students, parents,

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teachers and staff of Milestone School and College as well

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as others affected by this accident is irreparable. This is

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a moment of profound pain for the nation. I pray

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for the speedy recovery of the injured and direct all

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concerned authorities, including hospitals, to address the situation with the

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utmost priority. The government will take necessary measures to investigate

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the cause of the accident and ensure all forms of assistance.

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The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society has called for donations for

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those injured. Posasuaramedi grindin U Bringni in a mortgagical way,