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Muscat-Dhaka flight makes emergency landing after pilot falls ill

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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.


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