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Pilot among 20 dead, 171 injured in Uttata aircraft crash: ISPR

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At least 20 people have died and 171 others have been injured after a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) aircraft crashed into a building of Milestone School and College in Uttara, according to the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR).

Injured pilot Flight Lieutenant Toukir Islam Sagar died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka, UNB reports citing an ISPR press release. 

In the release issued on Monday, ISPR shared the hospital-wise list of casualties.

According to the press release:

  • Kuwait Maitree Hospital: 8 injured, no deaths
  • National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery: 70 injured, 2 dead
  • Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka:, 12 dead, 17 injured
  • Kurmitola General Hospital: 2 dead, one injured
  • Lubana General Hospital and Cardiac Centre, Uttara:, 2 dead, 11 injured
  • Uttara Adhunik Hospital: 1 dead, 60 injured
  • Uttara Crescent Hospital: 1 injured, no deaths
  • Dhaka Medical College and Hospital: 3 injured, one dead

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