Sunday, 03 August, 2025
One more child has died from critical burn injuries sustained in the tragic Bangladesh Air Force jet crash at Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara, raising the official death toll to 30, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Twelve-year-old Mahtab succumbed to his injuries at 1:50pm on Thursday while undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS), confirmed Dr. Shawon Bin Rahma, Resident Surgeon of the institute. Mahtab, a seventh-grade student of Milestone School, had suffered 85% burns. His father, Minhazur Rahman Bhuiyan, is from Debidwar in Cumilla district.
With Mahtab’s passing, 12 victims have now died at NIBPS alone. Currently, 45 people—nine of them critically injured—remain admitted there. The injured are being treated under the supervision of local specialists in collaboration with a medical team from Singapore General Hospital, which arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday.
According to DGHS data updated as of 3:30pm Thursday, 55 victims of the crash are now receiving treatment in various hospitals across the capital.
DNA Identifies Five Severely Burnt Victims
Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has confirmed the identities of five victims who were severely burnt in the crash, using DNA analysis. Jasim Uddin Khan, Special Superintendent of Police, confirmed the breakthrough in a briefing Thursday. Authorities had collected DNA samples from family members of the missing to match with the unidentified remains.
Of the six charred bodies awaiting identification, five have now been confirmed. Twenty-two bodies have already been handed over to their families. The remaining seven bodies are being held in morgues—six at the Combined Military Hospital and one at Lubana General Hospital—pending DNA confirmation.
Crash Response and Misinformation
The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate has urged the public not to be misled by false information circulating on social media regarding the death toll. “Many people believe the rumours without understanding the real situation,” said Lieutenant Colonel Sami Ud Dowla Chowdhury in a statement on Wednesday.
The government on Thursday formally released the names of 29 deceased and 57 injured individuals.
Bangladesh’s Deadliest Military Aviation Disaster
On Monday afternoon, a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into a building on the Milestone School and College campus in Diabari, Uttara, causing a devastating fire and structural collapse. Most of the victims were schoolchildren. The tragedy is now considered the deadliest military aviation disaster in Bangladesh’s history.
Authorities continue to investigate the cause of the crash while coordinating ongoing rescue, identification, and medical support efforts.
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One more child has died from critical burn injuries sustained in the tragic Bangladesh Air Force jet crash at Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara, raising the official death toll to 30, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Twelve-year-old Mahtab succumbed to his injuries at 1:50pm on Thursday while undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS), confirmed Dr. Shawon Bin Rahma, Resident Surgeon of the institute. Mahtab, a seventh-grade student of Milestone School, had suffered 85% burns. His father, Minhazur Rahman Bhuiyan, is from Debidwar in Cumilla district.
With Mahtab’s passing, 12 victims have now died at NIBPS alone. Currently, 45 people—nine of them critically injured—remain admitted there. The injured are being treated under the supervision of local specialists in collaboration with a medical team from Singapore General Hospital, which arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday.
According to DGHS data updated as of 3:30pm Thursday, 55 victims of the crash are now receiving treatment in various hospitals across the capital.
DNA Identifies Five Severely Burnt Victims
Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has confirmed the identities of five victims who were severely burnt in the crash, using DNA analysis. Jasim Uddin Khan, Special Superintendent of Police, confirmed the breakthrough in a briefing Thursday. Authorities had collected DNA samples from family members of the missing to match with the unidentified remains.
Of the six charred bodies awaiting identification, five have now been confirmed. Twenty-two bodies have already been handed over to their families. The remaining seven bodies are being held in morgues—six at the Combined Military Hospital and one at Lubana General Hospital—pending DNA confirmation.
Crash Response and Misinformation
The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate has urged the public not to be misled by false information circulating on social media regarding the death toll. “Many people believe the rumours without understanding the real situation,” said Lieutenant Colonel Sami Ud Dowla Chowdhury in a statement on Wednesday.
The government on Thursday formally released the names of 29 deceased and 57 injured individuals.
Bangladesh’s Deadliest Military Aviation Disaster
On Monday afternoon, a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into a building on the Milestone School and College campus in Diabari, Uttara, causing a devastating fire and structural collapse. Most of the victims were schoolchildren. The tragedy is now considered the deadliest military aviation disaster in Bangladesh’s history.
Authorities continue to investigate the cause of the crash while coordinating ongoing rescue, identification, and medical support efforts.
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