Muscat-Dhaka flight makes emergency landing after pilot falls ill
Published: 10:08 AM,Aug 28,2021 | EDITED : 02:08 PM,Aug 28,2021
A Biman Bangladesh plane going from Muscat to Dhaka made an emergency landing at Nagpur in India on Friday after the pilot suffered a heart attack, an airport official said.
The aircraft with 126 passengers on board landed at 11.40 am, the official said. The pilot was admitted to a local hospital, he added.
The plane was near Raipur when it contacted Kolkata ATC for an emergency landing and was advised to land at the nearest airport Nagpur.