Condition of pilot Abid Sultan’s wife unchanged

The condition of Afsana Khanam, wife of US-Bangla aircraft crash victim pilot Abid Sultan, remained unchanged today as she has been kept on life support at a Dhaka hospital.

She suffered a stroke at her Uttara residence on Sunday and was kept on life support at the National Institute of Neuroscience and Hospital at Agargaon in Dhaka yesterday.

“She is at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and on ventilation support,” Badrul Alam, joint director of the hospital, told reporters.

“Her condition is critical but her kidney, heart and liver are functioning normally. The medical board will check her next morning,” he said.

Pilot Abid Sultan and all four cabin crew members of the ill-fated US-Bangla flight died in the crash at Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal on March 12. The crash claimed the lives of 51 people, including 26 Bangladeshis.