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Hundreds of students protested near the site of the crash of a Bangladesh air force training jet into a school in Dhaka, demanding accountability, compensation for victims' families and the halt of training flights.
A military training aircraft crashed shortly after take-off on Monday, crashing into a school in the capital, Dhaka.
The Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into the Milestone College school campus on Monday, killing at least 20 people, including the pilot, and injuring 171
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Al Jazeera on MSNBangladesh plane crash: What happened, what’s the latestA Bangladesh air force training jet has crashed into a school campus, killing at least 19 people. Here’s the latest we know: “Bangladesh Air Force’s F-7 BGI training aircraft crashed in Uttara. The aircraft took off at 13:06 [07:06 GMT],” the Bangladesh military’s public relations team said.
Nearly all of the 31 killed when a Bangladeshi fighter jet crashed were children. Dozens more were being treated in burn centers as the nation declared a day of mourning.