Pilot suffers heart attack mid-air; plane makes emergency landing in Nagpur
A Biman Bangladesh plane going from Muscat to Dhaka made an emergency landing at Nagpur on Friday after the pilot suffered a heart attack, an airport official said. The Boeing aircraft with 126 passengers on board landed at 11.40 am. The pilot was admitted to a local hospital.
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The plane was near Raipur when it contacted Kolkata ATC for an emergency landing and was advised to land at the nearest airport Nagpur. Biman Bangladesh had recently resumed flight services with India after air travel between the two countries was suspended during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Now, three flights will be operated per week between Dhaka and Kolkata, and two flights will be run on Dhaka-Delhi route, read a Biman statement published on Wednesday.
Flights to Kolkata will be operated on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, and flights to Delhi will be operated on Sunday and Wednesday.
