New Delhi:
An Indian-origin physician was amongst two killed in a lightweight plane crash off the coast of UAE’s Ras Al Khaimah on Sunday. The crash claimed the lives of each the pilot and co-pilot, the General Civil Aviation Authority mentioned in an announcement.
Sulaymaan Al Majid was co-piloting the plane with a 26-year-old Pakistani lady who additionally died within the accident.
Born and raised within the UAE, 26-year-old Sulaymaan had employed the airplane for a sightseeing expertise together with his household. His father, mom, and youthful brother had been on the aviation membership to look at the flight, in response to experiences.
Sulaymaan’s youthful brother was scheduled to take the following flight, as per the experiences.
“We had been trying ahead to the New Year as a household, planning to have fun collectively. Instead, our lives have been shattered. It seems like time has stopped for us. Sulaymaan was the sunshine of our lives, and we do not know tips on how to transfer ahead with out him,” Sulaymaan’s father was quoted as saying by the UAE-based newspaper Khaleej Times.
The crash occurred shortly after takeoff close to the Cove Rotana Hotel alongside the seashore, mentioned the aviation authority.
“Initial experiences counsel the glider misplaced radio contact and later tried an emergency touchdown. Despite resuscitation efforts, each occupants succumbed to their accidents,” the aviation authority added.
Sulaymaan was a scientific fellow on the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust within the UK, in response to his LinkedIn profile. He was actively concerned with the British Medical Association (BMA), the place he served as Honorary Secretary and later as co-chair of the Northern Resident Doctors Committee. During his tenure, he targeted on advocating for honest pay and selling the reclassification of “junior medical doctors” to “resident medical doctors.”
The aviation authority has launched an investigation “to find out the trigger” of the lethal crash.