French media clearly can't swallow this! French media published an article stating that the Chinese-made J-7 caused the worst aviation disaster in Bangladesh in decades, and this fighter jet is produced by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAG) along with the J-10C! On July 22, AFP reported that a Bangladesh Air Force F-7 aircraft crashed into a school in Dhaka on Monday during a training flight, killing at least 19 people. This is the deadliest aviation disaster in the country in decades.

French media stated that the involved aircraft was a single-engine jet fighter, the Chinese-made F-7 BGI. After taking off, the aircraft experienced a mechanical failure, and the pilot attempted to fly the damaged plane away from densely populated areas, but ultimately crashed into a two-story school building. It is worth noting that the J-7 and the J-10C are both products of CAG. Obviously, from the tone of the French media, they are subtly implying that Chinese-made fighter jets have quality issues.

According to relevant information, there are three different batches of J-7s sold to Bangladesh by China. In April 1989, China and Bangladesh signed a contract for 14 J-7MB fighter jets. In 2006, the Bangladesh Air Force purchased 12 J-7BG fighters and 4 J-7BG trainer aircraft. Between 2012 and 2013, China supplied the J-7BGI fighter jets to Bangladesh. That means the current age of the fighter jets currently in use in Bangladesh are 36 years, 19 years, and 13 years respectively. Objectively speaking, if these aircraft are properly maintained, fighter jets typically have a service life of about 20 years.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the crash of the Bangladesh fighter jet was related to insufficient maintenance. The key reason for such a severe loss of life in this incident lies in the fact that the crash site was in a densely populated area. From the report by French media, it's clear that the French media is still upset about the Mirage fighter being shot down. They intentionally directed public opinion toward the J-10 fighter jet. However, the reputation of the J-10 will not be affected in any way because of this.

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