{"id":2226,"date":"2025-07-21T20:03:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2025-07-22T23:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T23:44:13","slug":"milestone-plane-crash-how-did-it-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2226","title":{"rendered":"Milestone plane crash: How did it happen?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The horrific plane crash at Milestone School and College\u2019s permanent campus in Uttara on Monday left the pilot and dozens of students, teachers, and staff dead and around 200 others severely injured.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Flight Lieutenant Mohammad Towkir Islam was flying the FT-7 BGI fighter aircraft during his final training mission. So, he had no assistance in the cockpit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u09aa\u09be\u0987\u09b2\u099f \u0995\u09cb\u09a5\u09be\u09df \u0986\u099b\u09dc\u09c7 \u09aa\u09dc\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u09c7\u09a8? \u09b6\u09c1\u09a8\u09c1\u09a8 \u09ae\u09be\u0987\u09b2\u09b8\u09cd\u099f\u09cb\u09a8\u09c7\u09b0 \u09b6\u09bf\u0995\u09cd\u09b7\u0995\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ae\u09c1\u0996\u09c7\u0987 | Plane Crash | Milestone |  Jamuna TV\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M5Dhk49Yuos?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The aircraft took off from BAF Base AK Khandaker in Kurmitola at 1:06pm. It crashed into a two-storey building of the school, known as Project-2, at 1:18pm. Both the building and the plane were on fire immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/remains-of-F7-at-milestone.avif\" alt=\"plane \" class=\"wp-image-2228\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Students of classes VI-VIII were attending coaching sessions after the regular schedule that ended at 1pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Videos on social media show fire and smoke on the premises, and some of the injured students walking out of the campus themselves to seek help. Their uniforms were burned, with some parts still stuck on their skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018\u099b\u09be\u09a6\u09c7 \u09a6\u09c1\u0987\u099c\u09a8 \u099b\u09c7\u09b2\u09c7 \u099b\u09bf\u09b2 \u0993\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u0989\u09aa\u09b0\u09c7\u0987 \u09aa\u09dc\u099b\u09c7\u2019 | Milestone College | Plane Crash in Dhaka\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f4sNkHZNSU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors and rescuers say there were around 600 students at the school at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2211\">Sheikh Hasina mourns casualties as training aircraft crashes into Milestone School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The injured were taken to different hospitals, including Uttara Adhunik Hospital, Combined Military Hospital, and the Sheikh Hasina Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many students of the morning section and their parents were on the field, leaving the premises when the plane crashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"2221\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-1.jpeg 525w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-1-175x300.jpeg 175w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-1-7x12.jpeg 7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2223\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-4-647x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-4-647x1024.jpeg 647w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-4-190x300.jpeg 190w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-4-8x12.jpeg 8w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-4.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"554\" data-id=\"2222\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-2.jpeg\" alt=\"plane \" class=\"wp-image-2222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-2.jpeg 372w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-2-201x300.jpeg 201w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/milestone-victim-2-8x12.jpeg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Local people and members of the Bangladesh Army and the Fire Service rushed to the school to rescue the injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The army personnel later barred onlookers from entering the premises, and when they spoke to the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside the campus, the army asked residential students to leave the dormitory. At that time, some students alleged that the military was trying to hide dead bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awami League President and five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the governments of Pakistan, China and Russia expressed profound shock at the tragic deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sajeeb-Wazed-milestone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2229\" style=\"width:429px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sajeeb-Wazed-milestone.jpg 526w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sajeeb-Wazed-milestone-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sajeeb-Wazed-milestone-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Official death toll<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire Service officials said around 4:45pm that 19 were killed and 50 sustained injuries. Nine firefighting units took part in the rescue operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 5pm, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported 18 deaths and 164 injuries. Soon after, the army confirmed the death of the pilot. They said the plane crashed due to a technical malfunction, the specifics of which will be confirmed upon investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remains of the plane were removed from the school campus on a pickup truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around midnight, hospital sources said four more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/news\/bangladesh\/accidents-fires\/news\/least-19-dead-air-force-jet-crashes-milestone-college-campus-3944516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">succumbed <\/a>to injuries at the burn institute, including student coordinator Meherin Chowdhury, while undergoing treatment. The three other students are AB Shamim, 14, Tanvir, 14, and Afnan, 14.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meherin-Chowdhury-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2244\" style=\"width:331px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meherin-Chowdhury-1.jpg 517w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meherin-Chowdhury-1-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meherin-Chowdhury-1-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Meherin Chowdhury<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meherin, 46, saved many lives as she helped them come out of the building, but she herself received 100% burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burn institute sources said 51 injured people, mostly students, were admitted there, and 15 of them had 100% burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctors say the death toll is likely to go up because patients with over 40% burns and those having their airways affected do not usually survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to ISPR, Flight Lieutenant Towkir, of the 35 squadron, 76 BAFA course, died while undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Towkir completed his first 100 hours of flight training during his cadet years in PT-6 aircraft. He later served with the 15th Squadron, where he logged approximately 60 hours of flight time, before joining the 35th Squadron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The horrific plane crash at Milestone School and College\u2019s permanent campus in Uttara on Monday left the pilot and dozens of students, teachers, and staff dead and around 200 others&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,20],"tags":[77,117,50,568,571,56,569],"class_list":["post-2226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news","tag-awami-league","tag-bangladesh-army","tag-interim-government","tag-milestone-college","tag-milestone-tragedy","tag-muhammad-yunus","tag-uttara-plane-crash"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2283,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions\/2283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}