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কানিজ ফাতেমা রোকসানা | |
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]