Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) training aircraft (F-7 BGI) crashed into a building inside the Milestone College campus at Diabari in the capital’s Uttara after experiencing a technical malfunction shortly after take-off, said ISPR.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said this in a statement on Monday evening (July 21).
“The aircraft had departed from the Bangladesh Air Force Base AK Khandaker in Dhaka at 1:06 pm as part of a routine training exercise. Shortly after take-off, the jet encountered a mechanical failure, the exact nature of which will be determined through a formal investigation,” according to the statement.
“To prevent a major disaster and minimise damage, the pilot of the aircraft, Flight Lieutenant Md Towkir Islam, made every possible effort to steer the plane away from densely populated areas toward a sparsely populated zone. Unfortunately, the aircraft crashed into a two-storey building of Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Diabari area in an unexpected accident,” adds the statement.
