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Dhaka, Sep 23 (bdnews24.com) A training aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force, an F-7, has crashed into the Karnaphuli River.
The pilot, flight lieutenant Sanjid, 26, however, ejected to safety, Patenga police station chief Abul Kalam told bdnews24.com.
The aircraft crashed at about 2pm between the Marine Academy and Matubbar piers of Karnafuli, the police official added.
Eye witness Ayub Ali, a speed boat driver, told bdnews24.com, "I was sitting near the Matubbar pier and suddenly saw an airplane flying erratically in the sky."
"After a while a man ejected from the plane with a parachute and fell in the river. Later I recovered him," he added.
Ali added that an Air Force helicopter had taken Sanjid to hospital.
Air Force officials said that they were trying to recover the debris of the crashed aircraft.
The primary assumption was that the accident might have been caused by mechanical error, officials added.
The pilot, flight lieutenant Sanjid, 26, however, ejected to safety, Patenga police station chief Abul Kalam told bdnews24.com.
The aircraft crashed at about 2pm between the Marine Academy and Matubbar piers of Karnafuli, the police official added.
Eye witness Ayub Ali, a speed boat driver, told bdnews24.com, "I was sitting near the Matubbar pier and suddenly saw an airplane flying erratically in the sky."
"After a while a man ejected from the plane with a parachute and fell in the river. Later I recovered him," he added.
Ali added that an Air Force helicopter had taken Sanjid to hospital.
Air Force officials said that they were trying to recover the debris of the crashed aircraft.
The primary assumption was that the accident might have been caused by mechanical error, officials added.