Kaniz Fatema Roksana was the first Bangladeshi woman commercial pilot. She died on 5 August 1984 in
a plane crash in a marsh near
Shahjalal International Airport
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ( bn, হযরত শাহ্জালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, Romanized: ''Hôzrôt Shahjalal Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr'') ( formerly VGZR) is th ...
in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
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With a total death toll of 49 people, it is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur on Bangladeshi soil.
She was licensed as a commercial pilot in 1977.
See also
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1984 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crash
References
1984 deaths
Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi women aviators
Women commercial aviators
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1984
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