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Bangladesh declares one day of national mourning after Air Force training jet crash

Bangladesh declares one day of national mourning after Air Force training jet crash

(VOVWORLD) -The Bangladeshi interim government announced that one day of national mourning be observed on Tuesday in response to the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft on Monday. The crash killed 27 people and hospitalized 88 others.

Firefighters work to remove the wreckage from a building, after an air force training aircraft crashed into Milestone College campus, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 21, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Stringer)

The F-7 BGI aircraft crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka, the capital, soon after it took off on Monday from an airbase in Kurmitola on a routine training mission.

The cause of the incident is still being investigated. It's the worst recent aviation accident in Bangladesh.

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