Biman to bear medical cost for those injured in Yangon crash

Secretariat Correspondent: Biman Bangladesh Airlines will provide medical expense and compensation to those injured in Biman’s aircraft crash landing incident that took place in Yangon international airport yesterday.

Shakil Meraj, general manager (public relation) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, came up with the information on Thursday.

“The aircraft that suffered an overrun incident on landing amid rough weather yesterday is under the purview of insurance. The passengers on board will be compensated as per the condition of insurance,” he said.

The flight BG-060, operated by Dash-8 Q 400 aircraft, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 3:45 pm yesterday from Dhaka to Yangon and suffered an overrun incident on landing amid rough weather at approximately 6:22 pm local time, wounding 19 including one infant and six women out of 35 passengers and crews.

“Hospital authority at Yangon released four passengers last night and none of other 15 injured who are now undergoing treatment there is in critical condition,” Biman’s General Manager (PR) Shakil Meraj told newsmen at Balaka, the national flag carrier’s headquarters in the capital, this morning.

Apart from two pilots, two cabin crews and two ground engineers, there were 29 passengers including one infant from Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, China, Denmark, France, Britain and Canada, the official sources said.

Representatives from Myanmar Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch (AIIB) went to the crash site last night, officials said.

Biman sent a special flight at 11:25 pm last night to Yangon to bring the passengers who were waiting to catch the return flight from Yangon to Dhaka.

“The special flight BG 1061 landed back at HSIA carrying 17 return passengers at 4:50 am this morning,” Meraj said.


risingbd/Dhaka/May 9, 2019/Hasan/AI