At least 31 people have been killed in the crash of a Bangladesh air force jet into a private school campus in Dhaka.
It is the deadliest airplane crash in the Bangladeshi capital in recent memory. In 2008, another F-7 air force training jet crashed outside Dhaka, killing its pilot, who had ejected after he discovered a technical problem.
While details are still emerging, here’s what is known:
The crash
The F-7 BGI jet, a variant of a Chinese fighter, crashed Monday into the campus of the Milestone School and College in the Uttara neighborhood.
The pilot was among the dead, according to the military and a fire official, and 171 people, mostly students, were injured.
On Tuesday, 78 people remained hospitalized.
Officials described the plane as a training aircraft. The military said t