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US-Bangla plane crash : Pilot Abid Sultan dies

Abid Sultan, the pilot of the US-Bangla Airlines plane that crashed in Nepal, has died.

Kamrul Islam, general manager of US-Bangla Airlines confirmed the matter this morning.

Three other cabin crew members are co-pilot Prithula Rashid, Khwaja Hossain and Shamim Akter died after the crash.

Abid Sultan, an experienced pilot, flied 5,000 hours in total and 1,700 hours with the crashed flight.