Well, thanks be to God, no one was injured. I flew the original Biman DC-10s ('CO, 'CP and 'CQ) twenty years ago and it was a very happy experience. The aircraft came from SIA and were beautifully maintained by KLM everywhere we went and Swissair did all the heavy maintenance at Zurich.
I saw one of them recently in Brussels headed for New York and she looked as good as ever. Am I right in saying that this is the first major incident that a Biman DC-10 has been involved in? If so, it is a remarkable record.
The Bangladeshis were good people to fly with and had a pretty sharp sense of humour.
From one of my F/Os; "What do you call a Bangladeshi in London who doesn't own a grocers shop"?
"Doctor"!
Last edited by JW411; 1st Jul 2005 at 15:07.