Kaniz Fatema Roksana | |
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কানিজ ফাতেমা রোকসানা | |
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Died | Near
Zia International Airport, Dhaka | August 5, 1984
Cause of death | plane crash |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Known for | first Bangladeshi female commercial pilot |
Kaniz Fatema Roksana was the first Bangladeshi woman commercial pilot. [1] She died on 5 August 1984 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 | |
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কানিজ ফাতেমা রোকসানা | |
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Died | Near
Zia International Airport, Dhaka | August 5, 1984
Cause of death | plane crash |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Known for | first Bangladeshi female commercial pilot |
Kaniz Fatema Roksana was the first Bangladeshi woman commercial pilot. [1] She died on 5 August 1984 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]