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 the ...

Screams filled the air at a nearby hospital. The Milestone school is in Dhaka’s Uttara neighborhood, which is roughly 11 kilometers (7 miles) drive from the A.K. Khandaker air force base.