Death toll rises to 18 after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into Dhaka school

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A Bangladesh Air Force grooming craft crashed into a schoolhouse field successful the capital, Dhaka, soon aft takeoff connected Monday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 18 radical including the aviator and injuring 164 others, the subject said.

According to the subject and a occurrence official, the Chinese-made F-7 BGI craft crashed into the field of Milestone School and College, successful the Uttara neighborhood, successful the day arsenic students were attending classes.

The subject said the pitchy took disconnected astatine 1:06 p.m. section clip and crashed soon after, catching occurrence immediately. The origin was not instantly clear.

It is the deadliest airplane clang successful the Bangladeshi superior successful caller memory.

Local media indicated astir of the injured were students. Relatives panicked astatine the country arsenic rescuers, utilizing tricycle rickshaws oregon immoderate was available, transported the injured to section hospitals.

Rafiqa Taha, a pupil who was not contiguous astatine the clip of the crash, told The Associated Press by telephone that the school, with immoderate 2,000 students, offers classes from simple to twelfth grade.

"I was terrified watching videos connected TV," the 16-year-old said. "My God! It's my school."