At least 16 people, mostly students, were killed Monday when a training aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed into a school campus in the capital Dhaka, in the country's deadliest aviation accident in decades.
More than 100 people were injured in the accident, with at least 83 undergoing treatment in several hospitals, the office of interim leader Muhammad Yunus said.
The Chinese-made aircraft took off at 1.06pm and crashed soon after at the Milestone School and College campus.
A witness said he heard a huge blast that felt like an earthquake.
Grieving parents and relatives of the victims thronged the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute in the capital, local media reported.
Many were trying to identify their children by their uniform and other belongings.
Yunus expressed "deep grief and sorrow" over the incident in a post on X.
"The loss suffered by the Air Force, the students, parents, teachers, and staff of Milestone School and College, as well as others affected by this accident, is irreparable," he said.
"This is a moment of profound pain for the nation."
