Milestone plane crash: Metro rail coach reserved to transport injured
The second coach from the front, next to the women’s compartment, will be used to transport those injured in the Milestone School plane crash
A coach on the Dhaka metro rail has been reserved to transport those injured in the Milestone School plane crash, authorities confirmed today (21 July).
According to a press release from Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the second coach from the front, next to the women's compartment, will be used for this purpose.
In addition, vehicles from the metro rail's transport pool have been stationed near Milestone School, close to the Diabari roundabout, to ensure swift hospital transfers.
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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.
