Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- The Milestone School and College plane crash, which claimed 36 lives, was caused by a trainee pilot's flight error, an investigation committee has found.

The committee submitted its report to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday. In the afternoon, Chief Advisor's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam held a briefing on the findings at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka.

Citing the report, Shafiqul said: "The accident occurred due to a pilot's flight error. During training, the situation escalated out of his control."

On Jul 21, a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a building on the Milestone School and College campus. Most of the victims were schoolchildren, making it the deadliest aviation accident in ...