Air craft crash a national tragedy of unprecedented scale: Asif Nazrul

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Published On: 21 Jul 2025, 19:52 Updated On:21 Jul 2025, 21:04
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul spoke to newsmen at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Photo: PID


DHAKA, July 21, 2025 (BSS) – Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul said that today’s Air Force training air craft crash in capital’s Milestone School and College is a great tragedy in our national life on an unprecedented scale.

“Such a massive, catastrophic accident has never occurred in our national history,” the adviser said these while talking to newsmen at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

The Law adviser rushed there along with his colleagues to enquire about the condition of the victims and injured in  the fighter jet crash of Bangladesh Air Force into a building of Milestone School and College in the capital’s Uttara area this afternoon .

Dr Asif Nazrul stated that the authorities of  the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery have taken all necessary preparations to provide the best possible treatment to the victims. 

“If needed, foreign doctors will be brought in, and arrangements will be made to send critically injured students abroad for treatment,” he said, adding, “There will be no shortage in any aspect of their medical care.”

“But what we have lost today,” he remarked with deep sorrow, “cannot be compensated by anything.”

A Bangladesh Air Force FT-7 BGI training aircraft crashed into the building of Milestone School and College in the capital’s Uttara area today, resulting in a devastating tragedy. 

The sudden incident claimed the lives of at least 19 people, including the aircraft’s pilot, Flight Lieutenant Toukir Islam, and left 164 others injured.

 

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