Biman pilot Captain Nowshad Ataul Qayum, who died in India following a mid-air heart attack, was laid to rest at the Banani Graveyard in the capital on Thursday evening. Earlier, his  body arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Nagpur, India at 9:12 am in a flight of BG-028. State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mohammad Mahbub Ali, senior officials of the national flag carrier, two sisters of Captain Nowshad and his daughter were present at the airport. The state minister, high officials along with Biman pilots and two other local private airlines -- US-Bangla Airlines and Novoair -- paid their last respect by placing wreaths at his coffin at the airport.

The body of Biman pilot Captain Nowshad Ataul Qayum, who died in India following a mid-air heart attack, was brought to Dhaka on Thursday. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane carrying the pilot's body landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9.12 am, Biman Managing Director and CEO Dr Abu Saleh Mostafa Kamal told UNB. State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mohammad Mahbub Ali, senior officials of the national flag carrier, two sisters of Captain Nowshad and his daughter were present at the airport. Captain Nowshad Ataul Qayum, who was hailed for landing his plane safely in Nagpur after suffering a heart attack mid-air on August 27, died at a hospital in India three days later. Read:Biman Pilot Nowshad: A hero in his death The Biman flight (BG022), carrying 124 passengers, had to make an emergency landing in the Indian city of Nagpur on August 27 after Nowshad fell sick while piloting the plane from Muscat to Dhaka. Also read: PM mourns Biman pilot Nowshad’s death Since then, the 44-year-old pilot had been undergoing treatment at the hospital in Nagpur, where he breathed his last.

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. READ: PM mourns former AL lawmaker Mizanul Haque's death 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. READ: PM mourns death of journalist Zahiduzzaman Faruk The pilot was later admitted to a local hospital.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot Captain Nowshad Ataul Qayum, who was hailed for landing his plane safely in Nagpur after he suffered a heart attack in midair, died at a hospital in India on Monday. 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. The pilot was later admitted to a local hospital. READ: Pilot suffers heart attack; Biman flight makes emergency landing in India State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mohammad Mahbub Ali and Secretary to the Ministry Mohammad Mokammel Hossain expressed deep shock at the premature demise of the pilot, said Tanvir Ahmed, public relation officers of Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry. READ: Emergency landing of Biman flight: Passengers safely back in Dhaka In a message, the junior minister said, “Captain Nowshad was a skilled pilot and he gave utmost importance to the safety of passengers and their lives while performing his duty. Biman has lost a skilled pilot like him at his death.”