<p>DHAKA (Reuters) — At least 19 people were killed and 164 injured as a Bangladesh air force training jet crashed into a college and school campus in the capital Dhaka on Monday after experiencing a technical problem shortly after take-off, a military spokesperson said.</p>
<p>The F-7 BGI jet took off at 1:06 p.m. (0706 GMT) from the Bangladesh Air Force base in Kurmitola, Dhaka, as part of a routine training mission, but encountered a mechanical failure, said the spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Sami Ud Dowla Chowdhury.</p>
<p>&#8220;The pilot &#8230; made a valiant attempt to divert the aircraft away from densely populated areas. Despite his best efforts, the aircraft &#8230; crashed into a two-storey building belonging to Milestone School and College,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>The pilot was among those killed in the incident, the military said, adding that a committee had been formed to investigate its cause.</p>
<p>The F-7  BGI is the final and most advanced variant in China&#8217;s Chengdu J-7/F-7 aircraft family, according to Jane’s Information Group. Bangladesh signed a contract for 16 aircraft in 2011 and deliveries were completed by 2013.</p>
<p>The Chengdu F-7 is the licence-built version of the Soviet MiG-21.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Firefighters sprayed water on the mangled remains of the plane, which appeared to have rammed into the side of a building, damaging iron grills and creating a gaping hole in the structure, footage filmed by Reuters showed.</p>
<div id="attachment_949695" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-949695" class="wp-image-949695 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HG_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HG_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HG_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HG_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HG_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /><p id="caption-attachment-949695" class="wp-caption-text">An ambulance carrying injured people comes out of the spot after an air force training aircraft crashed into Milestone College campus, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_949697" style="width: 875px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-949697" class="wp-image-949697 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HF_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-865x576.jpg" alt="" width="865" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HF_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-865x576.jpg 865w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HF_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HF_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-768x511.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HF_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HF_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HF_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HF_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes=" (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px" /><p id="caption-attachment-949697" class="wp-caption-text">Firefighters and army members carry the body of a victim after an air force training aircraft crashed into Milestone College campus, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_949699" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-949699" class="wp-image-949699 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HE_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HE_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HE_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HE_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HE_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HE_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HE_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HE_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /><p id="caption-attachment-949699" class="wp-caption-text">Firefighters and soldiers work next to the wreckage of an air force training aircraft after it crashed into Milestone College campus, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_949701" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-949701" class="wp-image-949701 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HC_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HC_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HC_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HC_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025-07-21T105116Z_2_LYNXMPEL6K0HC_RTROPTP_4_BANGLADESH-CRASH-1536x1025.jpg 1536w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /><p id="caption-attachment-949701" class="wp-caption-text">An ambulance passes near the spot after an air force training aircraft crashed into Milestone College campus, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain</p></div>
<p>&#8220;A third-grade student was brought in dead, and three others, aged 12, 14 and 40, were admitted to the hospital,&#8221; said Bidhan Sarker, head of the burn unit at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where some victims were taken.</p>
<p>Images from the scene also showed people screaming and crying as others tried to comfort them.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I was picking (up) my kids and went to the gate, I realised something came from behind &#8230; I heard an explosion. When I looked back, I only saw fire and smoke,&#8221; said Masud Tarik, a teacher at the school.</p>
<p>The incident comes a little over a month after an Air India plane crashed on top of a medical college hostel in neighbouring India&#8217;s Ahmedabad city, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground, marking the world&#8217;s worst aviation disaster in a decade.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Ruma Paul and Sudipto Ganguly, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh, Christina Fincher and Aidan Lewis)</p>

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