A Bangladesh Air Force training jet has crashed into a school campus in Dhaka, the country's capital, killing at least 20 people.

A Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into a college in the capital Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 27 people, mostly children, according to officials – in the country’s deadliest air incident in recent memory.

Dhaka, Jul 21 (PTI) A Bangladesh Air Force training fighter jet crashed into a school building in Dhaka shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing at least 20 people, mostly students, and injuring 171, in one of the deadliest aviation accidents in the country's history.