Milestone school tragedy: CAAB chairman offers condolences
He also wished a swift recovery for those injured in the incident and urged all concerned authorities to ensure proper medical treatment for them, the statement added.
Air Vice Marshal Md Mostafa Mahmood Siddiq, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), today (21 July) offered his condolences over the casualties resulting from the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) training aircraft inside the Milestone College campus in the capital's Uttara area.
In a press statement, the CAAB chairman said, "Such a tragic incident is deeply painful for all of us. I pray for the eternal peace of the departed souls and extend my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families."
He also wished a swift recovery for those injured in the incident and urged all concerned authorities to ensure proper medical treatment for them, the statement added.
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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 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.
