‘Ministry to Take Steps for Better Treatment of Ill Pilot’

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali has said that the ministry will take steps to ensure better treatment of pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Captain Nawshad Ataul Kaiyum.

The state minister said this while talking to President of Bangladesh Airlines Pilot Association Captain Mahbubur Rahman over telephone on Saturday (August 28).

It is learnt that on August 27 morning, a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Oman made an emergency landing at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in the Indian city of Nagpur in Maharashtra on its way to Dhaka carrying 124 passengers.

The pilot felt sick while the flight was crossing the Indian airspace in Roypur and as soon as it contacted the nearby air traffic control which advised the Boeing 737-800 aircraft to land in Nagpur.

None was hurt in the incident while the flight BG 022 captain Nawshad Ataul Kaiyum, 45, was rushed to a hospital after first officer Mustakim landed the flight at the Indian airport.

Later, an eight-member rescue team went there, and the flight arrived at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka with 124 passengers.