Indian air ambulance makes emergency landing in Bangladesh; patient dies
The air ambulance, flying from Agartala to Kolkata, made an emergency landing in Dhaka after a mid-air technical fault; the 56-year-old patient later died…
The Hindu reports that the air ambulance, flying from Agartala to Kolkata, made an emergency landing in Dhaka after a mid-air technical fault; the 56-year-old patient later died at a city hospital.
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