The air ambulance whose door was opened landed in Dhaka; the patient died.

19.10.2026 00:50

The air ambulance that took off from India made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, after its door opened while in flight. The patient being transported on the aircraft died in a hospital in Dhaka, where the patient was taken after the emergency landing.

An ambulance plane that took off from India made an emergency landing in Bangladesh because its door opened while in flight.

AMBULANCE PLANE'S DOOR OPENED

According to a report by The Daily Star newspaper, the ambulance plane, operated by a private company based in India, took off from Agartala, the capital of Tripura state.

While the plane was en route to Kolkata, the capital of India's West Bengal state, to transport a patient, one of its doors opened in flight. For this reason, the plane made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

DIED IN HOSPITAL

The 56-year-old female patient, an Indian citizen being transported on the plane, died in the hospital where she was taken in Dhaka after the emergency landing.

In a statement from the Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority, it was stated that the plane experienced a problem with cabin pressurization in the air and that its main door was damaged and partially opened.