Pilot Nawshad’s body brought to Dhaka

Pilot Nawshad Ataul Qaiyum
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The body of Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot captain Nawshad Ataul Quaiyum, who died in India following a mid-air heart attack, brought back home on Thursday morning.

The body of Nawshad Ataul Quaiyum arrived Dhaka at around 9:15am, said Biman Bangladesh Airlines deputy managing director (public relations) Tahera Khandker.

Nawshad died under treatment at a hospital in Nagur, India around 11:00am on Monday.

Earlier, on 27 August, Biman Bangladesh Airlines scheduled flight BG022 on the Muscat-Dhaka route with a total of 124 passengers on board landed at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India due to the sudden physical illness of its pilot captain Nawshad Ataul Quaiyum.