M064-PAQUISTAN PROTESTA TRAS ACCIDENTE AEREO
(1541-BANGLADESH-CRASH/MORNING)
Students protest in Bangladesh after air force jet crash kills 31, mostly children
Soldiers and emergency personnel were onsite on Tuesday (July 22) inspecting the aftermath of the Bangladesh Air Force Jet crash at a school campus in Dhaka that left at least 31 dead.
At least 25 of those killed were children, many under the age of 12, who were about to return home on Monday when the Chinese-manufactured F-7 BGI Bangladesh Air Force jet ploughed into Milestone School and College and burst into flames, trapping pupils in the fire and building debris.
The military said the plane experienced a mechanical failure. The pilot was among those killed in the incident, the military said, adding that a committee had been formed to investigate what happened.
DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (JULY 22, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)
1. SOLDIERS STANDING AT MILESTONE COLLEGE - SITE OF JET CRASH
2. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND SOLDIERS INSPECTING SITE
3. FIREFIGHTERS WALKING THROUGH CRASH SITE
4. CRASH SITE
5. BOY AND OTHER PEOPLE SEEN BEHIND CRIME SCENE TAPE
6. PEOPLE, INCLUDING GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS, STANDING AT GATE TO MILESTONE COLLEGE
7. SECURITY GUARD SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE AT GATE
8. PEOPLE WALKING IN SCHOOL CAMPUS, SEEN THROUGH THE GATE
9. PEOPLE COMING OUT THROUGH GATE OF SCHOOL CAMPUS
10. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL EXITING FIRE TRUCK
11. PEOPLE WAITING NEAR CRASH SITE
The special assistant to the chief adviser on health in Bangladesh, Sayedur Rahman, confirmed that the dead included 25 children, a teacher and the pilot.
The military said in a statement that 165 had been admitted to hospitals in the city. The health ministry later said 70 were still under treatment.
(1556-BANGLADESH-CRASH/HOSPITAL)
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (JULY 22, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)
12. EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL
13. WORDS ON HOSPITAL FACADE, READING (Bengali / English): “NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BURN AND PLASTIC SURGERY”
14. VARIOUS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL GUARDING ENTRANCE
15. SIGNS HANGING ON GATE, READING (English), “CALL FOR BLOOD”
16. BANGLADESH’S NATIONAL FLAG FLUTTERING AT HALF MAST
17. SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO CHIEF ADVISER ON HEALTH, SAYEDUR RAHMAN, SPEAKING TO MEDIA
18. (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO CHIEF ADVISER ON HEALTH, SAYEDUR RAHMAN, SAYING:
“Among the 27 deceased, one was a pilot and another was a local resident, the remaining 25 were children.”
19. PEOPLE WALKING INSIDE HOSPITAL
20. EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL
Hundreds of students from Milestone School and College in Dhaka protested near their campus demanding government transparency in reporting casualties following the deadly crash of an Air Force jet into their school premises.
(1573-BANGLADESH-CRASH/PROTEST)
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (JULY 22, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)
21. PLANE FLYING OVERHEAD AS STUDENTS FROM MILESTONE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TAKE PART IN PROTEST NEAR SCHOOL CAMPUS WHERE AIR FORCE JET CRASHED
22. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING SLOGANS AND HOLDING PLACARDS
23. (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) GRADE-11 STUDENT FROM MILESTONE COLLEGE, ISTIAQ ALI RAIHAN, SAYING:
“Our first demand is that the actual number of bodies should not be kept a secret. This is our primary demand.”
24. PROTESTERS HOLDING PLACARDS
25. PROTESTER HOLDING PLACARD, READING (English): “NEARLY 100+ DEATH”
26. PROTESTER SPEAKING ON MEGAPHONE, OTHER PROTESTERS GATHERED AROUND
27. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING (English): “WE WANT JUSTICE”
Muslim worshippers gathered to pray in the Bangladeshi national mosque in Dhaka for the lives lost from the Air Force jet crash.
(1600-BANGLADESH-CRASH/PRAYERS)
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (JULY 22, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)
28. VARIOUS OF WORSHIPPERS PRAYING INSIDE BAITUL MUKARRAM NATIONAL MOSQUE
29. IMAM LEADING PRAYER
30. VARIOUS OF WORSHIPPERS PRAYING
A fourth grade student at the Milestone college and school in Dhaka recounted her narrow escape when a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into the campus a day earlier.
(1602-BANGLADESH-CRASH/SURVIVORS)
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (JULY 22, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)
31. AIRCRAFT FLYING OVER MILESTONE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CAMPUS
32. SCHOOL BUILDING
33. FOURTH GRADE STUDENT SAMIHA AKTER SARA VISITING HER SCHOOL
34. PEOPLE GATHERING NEAR CRASH SITE/ CHARRED BUILDING AND TREES WHERE JET CRASHED
35. (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) FOURTH GRADE STUDENT WHO NARROWLY ESCAPED THE CRASH, SAMIHA AKTER SARA, SAYING:
“When I reached the gate, I heard a huge explosion near my classroom.”
36. PEOPLE GATHERING NEAR CRASH SITE
37. (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) FOURTH GRADE STUDENT WHO NARROWLY ESCAPED THE CRASH, SAMIHA AKTER SARA, SAYING:
“Many of my friends were still inside the class. Also, many others left.”
38. SARA LOOKING AT CRASH SITE WITH HER FATHER (LEFT)
39. FIREFIGHTERS WORKING AT CRASH SITE
40. (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) FATHER OF FOURTH GRADE STUDENT WHO NARROWLY ESCAPED THE CRASH, SAIFUR RAHMAN, SAYING:
“I saw smoke billowing as high as a mountain. From the position of the smoke, I realised it was the Haidar Ali building block where my daughter sits in her class. God saved her. I was shocked and instantly ran away with my child.”
41. SARA AND HER FATHER LEAVING
42. NATIONAL FLAG AT HALF-MAST