Bangladesh plane crash LIVE: Air Force jet smashes into school leaving 20 dead

At least 20 people have died after an Air Force plane crashed into a school in Bangladesh.

More than 170 have been rescued with many of those killed feared to be students when the training aircraft smashed in into a campus in the capital of Dhaka.

The crash occurred shortly after takeoff on Monday afternoon, engulfing the building in flames and killing the pilot.

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