The number of deaths in Bangladesh Fighter Jet Crash increases to 27

• Chinese F-7 BJI aircraft hit the school in Dhaka.
• 78 people treated in different hospitals.
• Yunus governor declares the third day of national mourning.

Dhaka: At least 27 people, mainly children, were killed after a Bangladeshi jet aircraft crashed at a school in the capital Dhaka, a government official said on Tuesday, updating a previous tax of at least 20 dead.

Most of the victims were students who had just been removed from class when the Chinese F-7 BJI aircraft hit the school and the landmark college on Monday.

The crash, which is the most fatal aviation accident in the country in decades, has also left more than 170 people injured.

“So far, 27 people have died, between them, 25 are children and one is a pilot,” said Sayedur Rahman, a special assistant to the head of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

“Seventy -eight people are treated in different hospitals,” Rahman added.

Bangladesh’s army on Monday said the pilot, Lieutenant Towkir Islam, was on a routine training mission when the jet “allegedly faced a mechanical failure”.

“The exact cause remains under investigation,” he said in a statement.

The pilot tried to divert the aircraft away from densely populated areas, but “despite its best efforts”, crashed into the two -storey school building, the army added.

Mohammed Janos’ intermediate government said the third would be a day of national mourning.

Yunus expressed “deep sadness and sadness” above the incident in a position in X. “The loss suffered by the Air Force, the students, the parents, the teachers and the staff of the School and the College of landmark, as well as others who are influenced by this accident.”

“This is a moment of deep pain for the nation.”