A privately-chartered cargo aircraft crashed into the Bay of Bengal this morning killing one person. Two others are missing while another has been rescued in critical condition. The crash site was about half a kilometre off Cox’s Bazar’s Nazirtek, at the estuary of the Bay and Bakkhali River, our local correspondent reports quoting police and aviation authorities.
The Russian-owned True Aviation Limited’s aircraft took off from Cox’s Bazar airport around 9:30am, Sadhon Kumar Mohanta, the airport’s manager, told reporters. It was transporting shrimp fry from Cox’s Bazar to Jessore. Minutes after take-off, it crashed into the sea, he said. Four people were aboard the aircraft, said Mohammad Aslam Hossein, officer-in-charge of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Model Police Station. Two among them are missing. Two others have been rescued, one among who died.
Fisherman Sona Mia Majhi, an eyewitness, said he did not see any fire. “The plane directly dropped into the sea. We were at shore. We rushed out with our trawler and rescued them.” Two people, found at scene, were rushed to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital. One among them was declared dead, said on-duty doctor Nobel Kumar Barua. Injured Wazi Morout, 47, a Ukraine national, was referred to Chittagong Medical College Hospital for better treatments as his condition worsened, an on-duty doctor said.
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