A Bangladesh Air Force Chengdu FT-7BGI crashes shortly after takeoff into Milestone School campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 35 people and injuring 173.

Bangladesh Air Force

Air warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces

The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The air force is primarily responsible for air defence of Bangladesh's sovereign territory as well as providing air support to the Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Navy. Furthermore, the…

List of Chengdu J-7 variants

The following is a list of variants and specifications for variants of the Chengdu J-7, which differed considerably between models in its 48-year production run. Production of the J-7 ceased after delivering 16 F-7BGIs to the Bangladesh Air Force in 2013.

2025 Dhaka fighter jet crash

2025 plane crash in Bangladesh

On 21 July 2025, at 13:12 BST (UTC+6), a Chengdu FT-7BGI fighter jet operated by the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed shortly after takeoff into the Milestone School campus in the Uttara neighbourhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh, while students were attending classes. At least 35…

Milestone College

Private institution in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Milestone School & College is a Bengali and English-version, co-educational private school and college in Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka

Capital and largest city of Bangladesh

Dhaka, formerly spelled as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the world with a density of about 34,000 citizens per square kilometers within a total area of approximately 300 square kilometers.…

July 21

Day of the year

July 21 is the 202nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 163 days remain until the end of the year.