Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot Captain Nowshad Ataul Quaiyum.
She prayed for the eternal salvation of the departed soul and expressed sympathy to the bereaved family.
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The 44-year-old pilot fell sick in mid-air on August 27 and since then he had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in Nagpur, the western state of Maharashtra, where he breathed his last in the morning.
Biman’s flight BG022 with 124 passengers made an emergency landing in the Indian city of Nagpur on the day after Captain Nowshad fell sick, while piloting the plane from Muscat to Dhaka.
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The pilot was later admitted to a local hospital.