MUSCAT: A Biman Bangladesh flight going from Muscat to Dhaka made an emergency landing at Nagpur in India on Friday after the pilot suffered a heart attack, news agency ANI reported.
The Boeing aircraft with 126 passengers on board landed at 11.40 am (local time), the official said. The pilot was admitted to a local hospital, the report said.
On Friday morning, the Nagpur Air Traffic Controller (ATC) received a call from the Biman air cockpit that a pilot had suffered a severe heart attack. And, he would need immediate help to land.
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Following this, ATC Nagpur advised the airport management and alerted the terminal building about an unscheduled Biman Air landing as the pilot had a heart attack mid-air. “A medical team along with an ambulance was rushed to the spot for the pilot soon after the plane landed,” a senior official told ANI.
“As per the latest information, the pilot is in stable condition now and the aircraft is currently parked in the Bay Area. All passengers have been deboarded and immigration is continuing. The airline is arranging crew sets for flight operations from Nagpur,” an official told ANI.
