DHAKA: At least 27 people were killed after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka, officials said on Tuesday, with 88 people, including children, being treated in hospital.<\/p>\n
The F-7 BGI aircraft crashed soon after it took off at 1:06 p.m. (0706 GMT) on Monday from the air base in Kurmitola in the capital on a routine training mission. The military said the plane experienced a mechanical failure.<\/p>\n
Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the chief adviser on health, told reporters that 27 people had died and 88 were admitted to hospital with burn injuries.<\/p>\n
The government announced a day of mourning, with flags at half-mast and special prayers at all places of worship.<\/p>\n
The pilot was among those killed in the incident, the military said, adding that a committee had been formed to investigate what happened.<\/p>\n
The F-7 BGI is the final and most advanced variant in China\u2019s Chengdu J-7\/F-7 aircraft family, according to Jane\u2019s Information Group. Bangladesh signed a contract for 16 aircraft in 2011 and deliveries were completed by 2013.<\/p>\n
The crash comes weeks after an Air India plane crashed into a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad in neighboring India, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground in the world\u2019s worst aviation disaster in a decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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