Kaniz Fatema Roksana

Kaniz Fatema Roksana was the first Bangladeshi woman commercial pilot.[1] She died on 5 August 2007 in a plane crash in a marsh near Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.[2] With a total death toll of 49 people, it is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur on Bangladeshi soil.[3] She was licensed as a commercial pilot in 1977.[4]

Kaniz Fatema Roksana
কানিজ ফাতেমা রোকসানা
Died(2007-08-05)August 5, 2007
Near Dhaka Airport, Dhaka
Cause of deathplane crash
NationalityBangladeshi
Known forfirst Bangladeshi female commercial pilot

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References

  1. "Plane crash kills female trainee pilot in Bangladesh". Deccan Herald. 2015-04-01. Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  2. Accident description for S2-ABJ at the Aviation Safety Network
  3. "AROUND THE WORLD; 49 Die in Bangladesh As Plane Plunges". The New York Times. 6 August 1984. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. Al-mahmood, Syed Zain; Karim, Elita; Kamol, Ershad; Hossain, Anika (2010-03-05). "Breaking the Glass Ceiling". The Star. 9 (10). Retrieved 2016-11-11.
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