Besides, 165 others were injured in the incident, the ISPR said in a statement issued around 2:15pm

Students, parents recall near escapes

The parade and a namaz-e-janaza took place at the Kurmitola Parade Ground

Loved ones of victims wait anxiously outside burn institute after Milestone tragedy

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.

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

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

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

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.

Aviation experts and pilots, both military and civilian, yesterday questioned the rationale behind allowing military aircraft to conduct training exercises over a densely populated area like Dhaka.

In the aftermath of a devastating air force jet crash into a school, Dhaka’s hospitals become the frontline of a tragedy that shook the city to its core. The corridors of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery became a scene of anguish as scores of critically injured, mostly children, arrived in waves.

On days like this we look for things to blame, people to accuse

At least 27 killed in a deadly air force jet crash in Uttara

Production of the F7 series ended in May 2013

Flight Lieutenant Sagar died while undergoing treatment in the ICU of CMH

Parul wails in anguish as she searches for her 3rd grader daughter Nusrat

The national flag will be flown at half-mast at all govt, semi-govt, autonomous institutions, and educational establishments across country

Another had been declared dead earlier in Uttara Adhunik Medical College Hospital, taking the total to 3

Milestone teacher recalls crash horror

At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a Bangladesh Air Force F-7 aircraft crashed into the Milestone College campus in Uttara