Biman flight turbulence in mid-air leaves cabin crew with fractured arm

She receives treatment at Pangu Hospital after falling during flight from Abu Dhabi to Dhaka

A cabin crew member of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has fractured her arm after falling during turbulence in mid-air.

The incident occurred on Friday on flight BG 128 from Abu Dhabi to Dhaka via Chattogram, said Boshra Islam, said the airline’s general manager of public relations.

The cabin crew, Shabana Azmi Mithila, broke the upper bone of her elbow, which split into two pieces. She received treatment at Pangu Hospital in Dhaka.

Boshra said: “While returning from Abu Dhabi, cabin crew Mithila was standing and working inside the aircraft when sudden bumping caused her to fall and injure her hand. Captain Intekhab immediately contacted the chief medical officer for initial medical guidance.”

Mithila’s colleagues have complained that despite her arm breaking into two pieces, she did not receive emergency medical assistance upon landing at Dhaka airport.

Boshra, however, claimed Mithila was taken to hospital urgently after arrival.

“Although she was initially supposed to be taken to the Trauma Centre, she was later treated at Pangu Hospital, where her arm was bandaged. She is now at home,” he said.

No passengers were injured during the turbulence that injured the cabin crew.