<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka, shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing at least 19 people including the pilot and injuring more than 100, officials said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to the military and a fire official, the Chinese-made F-7 BGI aircraft crashed into the campus of Milestone School and College, in the Uttara neighbourhood, in the afternoon as students were attending classes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Fire Service and Civil Defence said that at least 19 people, mostly students, died and another 116 were rescued with injuries. A significant number sustained burn injuries.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/central-highlands-crash-four-dead-including-two-children-queensland-news/5412e339-96f8-447d-bdcf-4810494ff73b" target="_blank"><strong><span>Father and two kids among four killed in horror head-on crash in Queensland</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The government announced a national day of mourning on Tuesday, with flags to fly at half-staff across the country.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The military said the jet took off from Bangladesh Air Force Base AK Khandaker in Dhaka's Kurmitola neighbourhood at 1.06pm local time (5pm AEST) and crashed soon after, catching fire immediately. It said the aircraft "experienced a technical malfunction", but that a high-level committee within the Air Force would conduct an investigation to determine the cause.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Flight Lieutenant Md Toukir Islam made "every effort to divert the aircraft away from densely populated areas toward a more sparsely inhabited location," the military said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/bangladesh-air-force-training-jet-crashes-into-a-dhaka-school-killing-at-least-19/9f7fd001-d486-4376-9cf2-c5afa9b654ed" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Unfortunately, the aircraft crashed into a two-storey building" within the school.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is the deadliest airplane crash in the Bangladeshi capital in recent memory.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Local media indicated most of the injured were students. Relatives panicked at the scene as rescuers, using tricycle rickshaws or whatever was available, transported the injured to local hospitals.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hecs-debt-reduction-how-it-will-change-your-pay-from-july-this-year/763cad42-a590-424e-b7f0-a4920cecb367" target="_blank"><strong><span>Millions of Aussies just days away from having their debt slashed</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A desperate scene unfolded as the crash occurred.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Local residents and rescuers carried wounded students on their laps, while worried parents ran frantically. One father sprinted with his daughter cradled in his arms. A mother cried out, having found her younger child, but desperately searching for her elder.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus pledged an investigation into the crash, expressing his deep sorrow over the "heartbreaking accident" at Milestone School and College.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a statement, he lamented the "irreparable" loss suffered by "Air Force personnel, students, parents, teachers, staff, and others", calling it "a moment of deep national grief".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rafiqa Taha, a student who was not present at the time of the crash, told The Associated Press by phone that the school, with some 2000 students, offers classes from elementary to twelfth grade.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was terrified watching videos on TV," the 16-year-old said. "My God! It's my school."</span></div></div>