The aircraft was travelling from Agartala to Kolkata.
TBS Report
18 October, 2026, 06:45 pm
Last modified: 18 October, 2026, 08:15 pm
An air ambulance en route from Agartala to Kolkata made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka today (18 October) after its door opened due to a mechanical fault while flying over Bangladesh.
The patient on board was later declared dead at Kurmitola Hospital.
Md Riaz Uddin, spokesperson for the executive director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, said the aircraft contacted the control tower and sought permission to land in Dhaka after the door opened.
After landing, the patient was taken to Kurmitola Hospital, where doctors declared the patient dead, he said.
The air ambulance was carrying two crew members, a patient, a doctor, a paramedic and two attendants accompanying the patient.