31 Dead in Bangladesh after Fighter jet Crashes into School

 

BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK ||| BANGLADESH

31 dead after a Chengdu F-7 fighter jet crashed into a school in Bangladesh.

Iimage from the bbc shows the location of the crash

 

via the reuters:

The protesting students called for those killed and injured to be named, for air force compensation to the families of those killed, the decommissioning of what they said were old and risky jets, and a changing of air force training procedures.

A statement from the press office of Muhammad Yunus, the country's interim administrator, said that the government, the military, school and hospital authorities were working together to publish a list of victims.

It also said the air force will be instructed to not operate training aircraft in populated areas.

The F-7  BGI is the final and most advanced variant in China's Chengdu J-7/F-7 aircraft family, according to Jane's Information Group. Bangladesh signed a contract for 16 aircraft in 2011 and deliveries were completed by 2013.

The Chengdu F-7 is the license-built version of the Soviet era MiG-21.

The incident comes as neighbor India is still grappling with the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade after an Air India plane crashed into a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad last month, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground.

Bangladesh has faced months of political uncertainty after then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country last August following weeks of deadly student protests.

The interim government of Nobel laureate Yunus has promised to hold elections next year amid mounting demands from political parties to advance them.