REUTERS/StringerHaving completed all phases of his Bangladesh Air Force training, Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam was flying solo over Dhaka skies in an F-7BGI fighter jet. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said an F-7 BGI fighter jet of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed 12 minutes after takeoff at 1:06pm. It added that “unfortunately” the aircraft crashed into a two-storey building of Milestone School and College in Diabari, Dhaka. An eleventh-grade student who gave a single name, Kawsar, said the fighter jet crashed into the junior campus, home to Classes 5 through 8. Other teachers couldn’t give any news either.”Behind the building where the jet crashed, Fire Service personnel collected the aircraft’s wreckage.

Source: bd News24 July 21, 2025 14:39 UTC