1984 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crash
Zia International Airport | |
Occupants | 49 |
---|---|
Passengers | 45 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 49 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 5 August 1984, a
With a total death toll of 49 people, it is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur on Bangladeshi soil and also the airline's worst accident.[3][4]
Aircraft and crew
The aircraft, a
The captain of the flight was Kayes Ahmed Majumdar, an experienced pilot who had logged 5,000 flying hours. The first officer was Kaniz Fatema Roksana, who was the first female commercial pilot of Bangladesh.[5][6][7]
Accident
The weather conditions in Dhaka were poor on the day of the accident; there was turbulence and heavy rain made visibility very poor.
Passengers
There were a total of 45 passengers and 4 crew members on board the flight, all of whom perished in the crash. There was one British and one Japanese among the passengers, and the rest were Bangladeshi. Thirty-three of the passengers were traveling to Dhaka to catch connecting flights to the Middle East.[3]
Notes
- ^ It was also stated that the aircraft crashed beyond the runway, but considering the crash location (north west of Dhaka) and the fact that the flight was approaching runway 14 of DAC (approach is from north west of Dhaka city), it is clear that the plane crashed short of the runway and not beyond it.
References
- ^ Aviation Safety Network
- ^ a b "Commercial flight safety: 1984 reviewed – Fatal accidents: scheduled passenger flights" (PDF). Flight International: 35. 26 January 1985. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Bangladesh air safety profile". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Breaking the Glass Ceiling". thedailystar.net. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "First in Bangladesh – First Bangladeshi". all-bangladesh.com. All Bangladesh. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Plane crash kills female trainee pilot in Bangladesh". Deccan Herald. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2019.