Overview
- Officials confirm 34 people were killed and 171 injured when the Chinese-made F-7 BGI training jet crashed into Milestone School and College on July 21.
- Hospitals report 33 victims still admitted, including 27 children with six in critical or severe condition at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
- Pilot Lieutenant Colonel Sami Ud Dowl Chowdhury diverted the failing aircraft away from densely populated neighborhoods before it struck the two-story school building.
- Medical teams from India, China and Singapore have joined local specialists to treat mainly child burn victims.
- The panel comprises a retired air vice marshal, an urban planner, a BUET engineering professor and senior government secretaries.