An air ambulance traveling from Agartala, India, to Kolkata made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon after its door suddenly opened mid-air. An ill woman aboard the aircraft later died, according to an airport source.
After the aircraft landed in Dhaka, the patient, identified as Anjana Bhowmik, was taken to Kurmitola Hospital, where doctors declared her dead, the source said.
Bhowmik was an Indian national. She was accompanied by physician Firoz Khan, paramedic Azim Khan and 2 companions, Santa Bhowmik and Deep Jyoti Mishra. The air ambulance's passenger list identified all of them as Indian nationals.
The air ambulance was operated by SKB Infracon Private Limited. The aircraft was a C90A model with registration number VT-HYA and was traveling from Agartala to Kolkata.
Captain Punya Anup was the pilot-in-command, while Captain Tanuj Sharma was the co-pilot. A total of 7 people, including the 2 pilots, were aboard the aircraft.