Hundreds of students gathered outside the smouldering remains of a school in the Bangladeshi capital on Tuesday to demand answers after a military jet slammed into the campus, killing dozens of children.

At least 19 people were killed when a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a college and school campus in the capital city of Dhaka on Monday, officials said. Emergency responders were seen at the site of the crash as families of students were seen shouting.

(Reuters) -A Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet on a routine training mission crashed into a college and school campus in the capital Dhaka on Monday after what the military said was a mechanical failure.