Air Force Jet Crash

Air Force Jet Crash

Yunus thanks foreign medical teams for treating Milestone crash victims

A delegation of 21 physicians and nurses from Singapore, China, and India met Yunus at Jamuna

6d ago

Milestone tragedy: 5 bodies identified thru DNA testing

Five bodies that were charred beyond recognition in the BAF fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College have been identified through DNA testing, the Criminal Investigation Department said yesterday.

1w ago

Chinese medical team to arrive tomorrow for jet crash victims’ treatment

The team will then visit the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery to provide all necessary assistance and assessment

1w ago

Milestone tragedy: 13 fighting for life in ICUs

Thirteen people, mostly children, were fighting for their lives in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of hospitals yesterday, three days after a jet crashed into Milestone School & College in Uttara’s Diabari.

1w ago

DNA samples required to identify 6 bodies at CMH

Says health ministry; Families of missing children urged to visit CID HQ and submit samples

1w ago

From chirps to silence

The acrid stench of charred wood and melted plastic still clung to the air as onlookers gathered around the Milestone School and College building in Uttara’s Diabari.

1w ago

Nation mourns lost children

The death toll from the jet crash at Milestone School and College rose to 32 yesterday, as the nation reeled from shock and grief following the country’s deadliest aviation tragedy in years.

1w ago

Milestone crash: Brother dies a day after sister

Death toll now 32; Aryan Nasraf Nafi, 9, died at 12:15am; Eldest sister, Nazia Tabassum Lizu, 13, died Monday

1w ago

Nation observes mourning day after deadly jet crash

To mark the day, the national flags have been flown at half-mast at all government, semi-government, autonomous, and educational institutions across the country.

1w ago

25 children among 27 killed in Milestone jet crash

Twenty bodies have so far been handed over to their respective families

1w ago

15 dead in as many training flight crashes in 2 decades

A series of training flight crashes, both military and civilian, have claimed the lives of at least 15 pilots and civilians over the past two decades, before the F7 jet crash in Dhaka’s Uttara yesterday.

1w ago

Side by side in bandages, siblings fight to survive

Siblings Aryan Ashraf Nafi and Tania Ashraf Nazia lie side by side at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, their small bodies covered in bandages.

1w ago

Air Force jet crashes into Milestone College

Toll may rise; around 170 injured, many critically; ISPR says ‘mechanical failure’ caused BAF training plane to plunge into Uttara school

1w ago

Today's HSC, equivalent exams postponed: Mahfuj Alam

The move comes following yesterday's Air Force fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College in Uttara's Diabari that left at least 22 killed and 169 injured

1w ago

Yunus assures probe into jet crash

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday assured an investigation into the Bangladesh Air Force aircraft that crashed into a building of Milestone School and College in the capital’s Uttara.

1w ago

Towkir tried to steer plane away from populated areas: ISPR

Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, whose FT-7 jet crashed into Milestone School & College yesterday, was of the 35 squadron, 76 BAFA course.

1w ago

For students, unto death

Mahreen Chowdhury, 46, a coordinator of Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara, died yesterday after sustaining 80 percent burns while trying to escort students outside after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashed into one of the school buildings.

1w ago

Milestone crash: Identities of 13 victims confirmed

8 bodies handed over to family

1w ago