Female trainee pilot Tamanna Rahman Hridi, who died in a plane crash in Rajshahi on Wednesday, was laid to rest in Gazipur yesterday.
The 22-year-old was buried beside her grandfather’s grave in Kanaiya area. Her namaz-e-janaza was held twice – in Nikunja 2 of Dhaka at noon and on Kanaiya Madrasah premises in Gazpiur after the Asr prayer.
The trainee pilot died when the aircraft crashed while making an emergency landing at Shah Makhdum Airport.
The trainer, Lt Col (retd) Shahed Kamal, also sustained serious burn injuries in the accident. He was sent to the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka after his treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital and the Combined Military Hospital in the district.
After completing her A-level from an English medium school in Dhaka, Tamanna signed up for the private pilot licence course at Bangladesh Flying Academy two years ago.
Captain (retd) Sahabuddin Ahmed, a member of Bangladesh Flying Academy and General Aviation Limited’s executive committee, said the engine caught fire when the plane was at an altitude of 500 to 600 feet and crashed on the runway shortly after.
“The two persons attempted an emergency escape but the aircraft crashed, burning Tamanna alive,” he added.
But Tamanna’s mother Rohana Yasmin blamed the flying academy authorities for her daughter’s death, adding that she would lodge a case against them after consulting with her husband.