Breathtaking 5-hour journey of 149 passengers in the sky!

The Dhaka Times Desk Passengers of a plane flying with 149 passengers spent 5 long hours in a suffocating death agony.

The aircraft consists of Captain (Chief Pilot), First Officer (Pilot) and 5 cabin crew. The day was December 22 last year. It was 3 pm local time in Oman. Late at night, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft of Bangladesh Biman was going to fly in the sky from Muscat International Airport with more than 150 passengers. Destination Chittagong. However, just before taking off from the runway at Muscat airport, an explosion was heard in the aircraft.

In such a situation, Captain Naushad Ataul Qayyum asked the passengers not to panic on the microphone. He and First Officer Mehdi Hasan also understood what had actually happened. 18 tons of fuel and the weight of the aircraft is 60 tons. In total, it is almost impossible to make an emergency landing in Oman for a huge aircraft weighing 78 tons. The entire plane would have exploded if it had moved a little. All passengers could have died. However, Captain Naushad made an emergency landing in Dhaka after crossing the road for 5 hours. One hundred and fifty passengers' lives were saved!

However, Captain Naushad also got recognition for that difficult journey. 40-year-old pilot Captain Naushad received the certificate of International Federation of Airlines Pilot Association (IFALPA). The aviators conference will be held in May at the organization's headquarters in Montreal, Canada. Captain Naushad will narrate this harrowing journey there. On the morning of January 7, Naushad presented the entire itinerary to a leading media outlet in Dhaka. What were his thoughts during the 5-hour flight to save lives - he highlighted everything.