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BAF aircraft makes emergency landing in India

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A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft made an emergency landing at India's West Bengal after it lost its way on Wednesday evening.

Assistant director of Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) Nur Islam told that the trainee pilot, Rashed, has managed to land safely at Murshidabad in India.

The aircraft lost its communication with the control tower half an hour after it took off from the Jessore Matiur Rahman airbase at 6pm, ISPR said.

Rashed called the airbase at 7:55pm to report that he landed on a field in a village of the Indian state of West Bengal at around 6:45pm.

"I have talked with him (the trainee pilot) after he landed in India and diplomatic efforts are on to bring the trainee pilot and the aircraft back," said Nur Islam.

The airbase control tower sergeant Matiur Rahman said that the airplane-PT-6 3806-suffered damages during the emergency landing.

Sub-divisional officer in Murshidabad Dipanjan Bhattacharya said that the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi has been contacted, reports PTI.

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