Major tragedy averted as Dhaka-bound flight lands in Nagpur after pilot suffers heart attack mid-air
There were 126 passengers onboard Dhaka-bound flight BG 22 from Muscat, the port capital of Oman, when the pilot, Captain Naushad, took ill.
FollowNagpur: In a major tragedy averted, a Biman Bangladesh plane that was flying from Muscat to Dhaka made an emergency landing in Nagpur today after the pilot suffered a heart attack in the middle of the flight.
There were 126 passengers onboard Dhaka-bound flight BG 22 from Muscat, the port capital of Oman, when the pilot, Captain Naushad, took ill.
At that critical juncture, the flight was reportedly near Raipur in India and it contacted the Kolkata ATC for emergency landing.
The Kolkata ATC advised emergency landing at the nearest airport which was Nagpur.
According to a report on Hindustan Times, Airports Authority of India (AAI) sources said the Kolkata ATC was contacted which asked the flight to make a medical emergency landing at Nagpur airport. “The flight was flying over Chattisgarh when the incident took place. The flight made a safe landing at around 11.37am after which the pilot was rushed to a nearby hospital,” said an AAI official.
As per the reports, all the passengers on board are safe. “The passengers were at the terminal and are now waiting for an alternative flight,” said Nagpur airport director MA Abid Ruhi.
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More details are awaited.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines recently resumed flight services with India as air travel between the two countries was allowed by the governments after been suspended for a long time due to the coronavirus surge in India.
According to the Dhaka Times, three flights will be operated per week between Dhaka and Kolkata, and two flights will be run on the Dhaka-Delhi route. Flights to Kolkata will be operated on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, and flights to Delhi will be operated on Sunday and Wednesday.
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