BFA suspends operations in Rajshahi for indefinite period

Bangladesh Flying Academy (BFA) today suspended all its operations in Rajshahi for an indefinite period two days after a plane crash that killed a trainee pilot there.

Squadron Leader (retd) Capt HM Akhter Khan, head of a four-member team investigating the incident, confirmed the decision this afternoon to our Rajshahi correspondent.

Moniruzzaman Rumi, chief engineer of BFA, said they suspended the operation following a letter issued by the BFA headquarters.

On Wednesday, trainee pilot Tamanna Rahman Rhidi died as a training aircraft of BFA crashed on the runway while taking off at Shah Makhdum Airport in Rajshahi.

The chief instructor of BAF was wounded badly in the crash. He was flown to Singapore from Combined Military Hospital (CMH) of Dhaka early today for better treatment.