Biman pilot Nawshad laid to rest at Banani graveyard

Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot Captain Nawshad Ataul Qayyu has been laid to eternal rest. 

He was buried beside his mother's grave at Banani graveyard in the capital around 3:30 pm.

Earlier, his namaz-e-janaza was held at Biman headquarters in the capital's Kurmitola around 2 pm.

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying his body landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 9:15 am.

Nawshad passed away on Monday at Kingsway Hospitals in the Indian state of Maharashtra after fighting for life for the last four days as he was in “coma” in the hospital following a brain hemorrhage.

The Dhaka-bound Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Muscat BG 022 made an emergency landing at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur with 124 passengers on Friday morning when pilot Captain Nawshad suffered heart attack in mid-air.

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