Bangladesh plane crash kills at least 27, including 25 children

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00:00Amateur footage shows flames pouring out of the school in Dakar as crowds flee.

00:05A Bangladeshi Air Force jet had just hit the building.

00:10We were on the playground for senior students and suddenly one of the two fighter planes crashed.

00:15It created a boom and it felt like an earthquake.

00:18Then it caught fire and the army reached the spot later.

00:22As emergency services battle to extinguish the blaze and evacuate scores of wounded survivors to safety,

00:29helicopters and ambulances made round trips to medical facilities nearby.

00:34The jet, a Chinese-made F-7 BGI training aircraft similar to the one pictured

00:39and based on an old Soviet model, went down shortly after take-off.

00:44The pilot had reportedly warned of a mechanical malfunction

00:47and tried to divert away from populated areas according to the military

00:51before slamming into the two-story school building,

00:55sending panicked families rushing to find their children.

00:58When we came out, we saw many students who had been charred on the staircases.

01:04Many were rolling on the floor trying to put out the flames.

01:09The first batch of victims arrived with severe burns.

01:12We literally saw skin coming off.

01:15Military crews worked into the evening trying to remove the wreckage and locate further bodies.

01:20The government announced a day of mourning for Tuesday

01:23as Bangladesh took stock of its worst air crash in several decades.

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