STORY: At least 19 people were killed and 164 injured as a Bangladesh air force training jet crashed into a college and school campus in the capital Dhaka on Monday (July 21) after experiencing a technical problem shortly after take-off, a military spokesperson said.

The F-7 BGI jet took off at 1:06 p.m. (0706 GMT) from the Bangladesh Air Force base in Kurmitola, Dhaka, as part of a routine training mission, but encountered a mechanical failure, said an air force spokesperson.

The pilot was among those killed in the incident, the military said, adding that a committee had been formed to investigate its cause.

Videos of the aftermath of the crash showed a big fire near a lawn emitting a thick plume of smoke into the sky, as crowds watched from a distance.

Firefighters sprayed water on the mangled remains of the plane, which appeared to have rammed into the side of a building, damaging iron grills and creating a gaping hole in the structure.

Images from the scene also showed people screaming and crying as others tried to comfort them.

The incident comes a little over a month after an Air India plane crashed on top of a medical college hostel in neighbouring India's Ahmedabad city, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground, marking the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade.

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Rescuers battle campus fire after jet crash in Bangladesh

VIDEO SHOWS: VARIOUS OF SITE WHERE AIR FORCE TRAINING AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN DHAKA / INJURED IN HOSPITAL

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SHOWS: DHAKA, BANGLADESH (JULY 21, 2025) (CHANNEL 24 - No use Bangladesh)

1. (MUTE) SITE WHERE AIR FORCE TRAINING AIRCRAFT CRASHED, SMOKE BILLOWING

2. VARIOUS OF FIRE CREW EXTINGUISHING FIRE IN COLLEGE AND SCHOOL CAMPUS BUILDING

3. EMERGENCY WORKERS DISPERSING CROWDS IN STREET

4. VARIOUS OF FIRE CREW EXTINGUISHING FIRE IN COLLEGE AND SCHOOL CAMPUS BUILDING, ONLOOKERS

5. INJURED BEING TAKEN TO HELICOPTER

6. MAN ON PHONE IN CROWD

7. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IN FRONT OF HELICOPTER

8. INJURED PEOPLE ON HOSPITAL BEDS

9. HOSPITAL WARD WITH INJURED AND MEDICAL STAFF

10. VARIOUS OF MEDICAL STAFF WHEELING PATIENTS ON WHEELED STRETCHER

11. BOY BEING TAKEN INTO HOSPITAL

12. MAN BEING WHEELED INTO HOSPITAL

13. VARIOUS OF CROWDS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN HOSPITAL

14. (MUTE) FIELD OUTSIDE COLLEGE CAMPUS

15. (MUTE) FIRE ENGINE

16. (MUTE) FIRE CREW MEMBER AND CROWDS OUTSIDE CAMPUS BUILDING

17. (MUTE) FIRE ENGINE