Indian air ambulance makes emergency landing in Dhaka after door opens mid-air, patient dies

An Indian air ambulance operated by SKB Infracon Private Limited has made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after its door opened mid-air while flying from Agartala to Kolkata. Later a sick woman on board the air ambulance was taken to hospital where doctors declared her dead.

The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon (October 18). An airport source confirmed the information.

The deceased woman is Anjana Bhowmik, an Indian citizen. After landing in Dhaka she was quickly taken to Kurmitola Hospital where doctors declared her dead.

Doctor Firoz Khan, paramedic Azim Khan and two companions Santa Bhowmik and Deep Jyoti Mishra were with Anjana on the air ambulance. All of them have been listed as Indian nationals in the passenger list.

SKB Infracon Private Limited of India was operating the air ambulance. The aircraft model is C90A and registration number is VT-HOYA. It was flying from Agartala to Kolkata.

Captain Punya Anup was the pilot in command and Captain Tanuj Sharma was the co-pilot of the aircraft. There were a total of seven people on the aircraft including the two pilots.