CA monitoring treatment of Milestone school plane crash victims: CA Press Wing
In cases where identification is not immediately possible, DNA testing will be conducted to confirm identities before transferring the bodies to their respective families.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is closely monitoring the treatment of those injured in the plane crash at Milestone College premises in the capital's Diabari area, according to the CA Press Wing.
The bodies of the deceased, whose identities can be confirmed, will be handed over to their families as soon as possible.
In cases where identification is not immediately possible, DNA testing will be conducted to confirm identities before transferring the bodies to their respective families.
Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel
To ensure smooth medical operations, the public have been requested to refrain from crowding around the hospital areas unnecessarily.
As of this evening, at least 19 dead and 164 hospitalised as a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) training aircraft (F-7 BGI), which took off at 1:06pm today (21 July), crashed into a primary school building inside the Milestone College campus at Diabari in the capital's Uttara and caught fire following an explosion – leading to multiple casualties.
Firefighting units are still working at the scene while ambulances and metro trains are transporting victims to the hospitals.
ISPR also confirmed that the aircraft's pilot, identified as Flight Lieutenant Md Towkir Islam of the BAF, succumbed to his injuries.
