Kaniz Fatema Roksana Explained

Kaniz Fatema Roksana
Full Name:Syeda Kaniz Fatema Roksana
Native Name:কানিজ ফাতেমা রোকসানা
Native Name Lang:bn
Death Place:Near Zia International Airport, Dhaka
Death Cause: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. With a total death toll of 49 people, it is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur on Bangladeshi soil.[2] She was licensed as a commercial pilot in 1977.[3]

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  1. News: Plane crash kills female trainee pilot in Bangladesh . . 2015-04-01 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150709044436/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/469137/plane-crash-kills-female-trainee.html . 2015-07-09 . 2016-11-11 .
  2. News: AROUND THE WORLD; 49 Die in Bangladesh As Plane Plunges . 6 August 1984 . . 14 August 2014.
  3. Breaking the Glass Ceiling . The Star . 2010-03-05 . Al-mahmood . Syed Zain . Karim . Elita . Kamol . Ershad . Hossain . Anika . 9 . 10 . 2016-11-11 . 2016-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106140354/http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2010/03/01/cover.htm . dead .