An Indian woman died during the emergency landing of an air ambulance in Bangladesh. According to the report, the plane’s door partially opened in the air due to a technical fault. After which the plane had to land in Dhaka. On Sunday (October 18), an Agartala-to-Kolkata flight landed safely at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with seven people on board. All other people on board were safe.

According to information, an Indian Air Ambulance (registration number VT-HYA, Beechcraft King Air C90A) en route from Agartala to Kolkata had to make an emergency landing at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport due to a technical fault which resulted in the door partially opening in mid-air. During this time, the patient, 56-year-old Indian woman Anjana Bhowmik, died.

The aircraft was at an altitude of about 12,000 feet

According to Bangladesh’s state-run news agency BSS, the plane’s door partially opened due to a technical fault when it was at an altitude of about 12,000 feet. The plane landed at the airport around 1.40 pm local time. A total of seven people were on board the plane.

Other people on the plane are safe

Soon after landing, the patient was taken to Dhaka’s Kurmitola General Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead (around 4:40 p.m.). A total of 7 people were on board the plane, including the patient’s doctor (Dr Feroze Khan), paramedic (Azeem Khan), two other relatives/co-passengers (Santa Bhowmik and Deep Jyoti Mishra) and two pilots (Capt. Punya Anoop and Capt. Tanuj Sharma). The circumstances of the patient’s death are not yet clear. It is also not known whether his death was due to a technical fault of the plane or some other medical complication.

Technical fault in the plane

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Executive Director Spokesperson Mohd. Riyaz Uddin said that the plane had a technical fault during the flight, due to which its door was opened. Airport Police Station Officer-in-Charge Kamarul Hasan Talukdar said Bhowmik died at the hospital at 4:40 pm local time on Sunday.

Bangladesh helped

Despite not having the required clearance for an international landing, Bangladeshi authorities assisted the air ambulance on humanitarian grounds. According to reports, the Indian High Commission in Dhaka coordinated with Bangladeshi officials and helped complete the necessary diplomatic formalities.

According to the report, the aircraft belongs to India’s ‘SKB Infracon Private Limited’. The aircraft remained grounded at Dhaka Airport during the process of resolving clearance issues.