Why fly a training jet over a crowded city? asks Selim Raihan after Milestone crash
Sanem offers blood donation support for the Milestone plane crash victims
Selim Raihan, executive director of South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (Sanem), has expressed deep concern over the Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crash in Uttara, questioning the logic and safety of allowing such flights over densely populated areas.
"Why would an Air Force training aircraft fly over such a crowded city? What are the rules in this regard or can anyone just do whatever they want?" he wrote in a Facebook post this evening (21 July).
"Can't bear to see the news and images of injured children."
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Amid the tragedy, Selim Raihan also announced that Sanem is ready to provide immediate support for victims through blood donation.
For urgent blood donations, he requested to contact Asibur Rahman Anjan at 880 1708-523454.
As of this evening, at least 20 dead and 171 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.
