DAKA shop: “My friend died right in front of me”

Farhan Hassan just finished the exam and left the class, talking to friends when the Bangladesh Air Force training crashed into his school campus – Murder at least 20 people.

“The causter hit the building in front of my eyes,” BBC BBC BBC said.

Staff from school in the northern suburb of the capital, Dacka shows a huge fire and thick smoke, after the plane crashed into a two -story building.

More than 170 people were injured as a result of the accident.

The Armed Forces said Jet F-7 felt a mechanical malfunction after takeoff for training immediately after 13:00 local time (07:00 GMT). Among the killed was the pilot, the lieutenant of the flight Taukir Islam.

Farhan, who talked to BBC Bangla with his uncle and father, added: “My best friend, the one I was in the exam hall, he died before my eyes.

“Opposite my eyes … The plane passed right over their heads. And many parents stood inside because the younger children went out because it was the end of the school day … The plane took their parents.”

The teacher at the college, Resul Islam, told the BBC that he saw that the plane “directly” got into the building.

Another teacher, Masud Tarik, said Reuters that I heard an explosion: “When I looked around, I saw only fire and smoke … There were many guardians and children here.”

A few hours after the disaster, in a living space, which is quite thickly inhabited, huge crowds gathered with people standing on the buildings to get the look.

When people ran in all directions, ambulances and volunteers worked to find their way to move the victims and many bodies from school and college.

At least 30 ambulances were noticed.

One woman looking for information at the scene said the BBC, her son called her immediately after the disaster, but she has not heard from him since.

More than 50 people, including children and adults, were taken to a hospital with Berns, said a doctor of the National Institute for a burn and plastic surgery.

Many families and relatives of the victims were in the hospital – including Shah Alam, the boy’s uncle 8th Tanavir Ahmed, who died as a result of the catastrophe.

“My favorite nephew is now in the morgue,” said Mr. Alam, holding on to his younger brother, Tanvir’s father, who could not talk.

Most of the victims at the Burns Hospital are minors – most of them between the ages of 9 and 14.

Many other members of the public came to the hospital to donate blood; While visiting a number of politicians from two well-known political parties Bangladesh (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islam.

The Bangladesh Ministry of Health said the victims were accepted at seven Daka hospitals; While the Provisional Government announced the day of mourning on Tuesday across the country when the national flag will fly for six months.

The pilot tried to move to the jet plane into a less inhabited area after a mechanical malfunction occurred, a statement from the armed forces said. He just left the Air Force base in the capital.

The Investigative Committee was set up to study the incident, added in the statement.

Muhammad Yunus, leader of Bangladesh, said that “necessary measures” would be taken to investigate the cause of the incident and “provide all assistance”.

“This is a moment of deep sadness for the nation. I want to suffer rapid recovery and instructed all authorities, including interested hospitals, fight the situation with great importance,” he said in a social media website.