A catastrophic crash of a Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI training jet into a school in Dhaka’s Uttara area has left the nation reeling, with 34 lives lost, mostly young students. The government has launched an urgent investigation, forming a nine-member probe panel to dig into the heart of this tragedy, one of the deadliest in the country’s history.
The Chinese-manufactured jet, plagued by a "mechanical fault" shortly after takeoff last Monday, plummeted into the two-storey Milestone School and College, causing widespread devastation. Led by former secretary AKM Zafar Ullah Khan, the commission has just four weeks to deliver answers, according to a Cabinet Division gazette published Sunday, as reported by The Daily Star.
The panel, which includes a retired air vice marshal, three additional secretaries, the Dhaka divisional commissioner, an urban planner, and a mechanical engineering professor from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, faces a daunting task. Their mission: pinpoint the cause of the crash, evaluate the staggering loss of life and property, and assign responsibility for the disaster.
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Beyond the immediate tragedy, the commission will scrutinize the construction of the school and nearby structures, raising questions about their proximity to the airport’s flying zone. It will also review legal and administrative frameworks to ensure safer skies and propose critical changes to training aircraft operations, building regulations, and emergency response systems to prevent future catastrophes.
The Bangladesh Air Force has already mobilized a separate high-level committee to investigate the incident, amplifying efforts to uncover why this disaster occurred. This crash marks one of the worst aviation tragedies in Bangladesh since 1984, when a passenger jet went down during a storm, claiming 49 lives.
As the nation mourns, all eyes are on the probe to deliver justice and prevent another heartbreaking loss.
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