At least 25 people were injured when a Bangladesh Biman Airlines aircraft skidded off the runway in bad weather after landing in the northeastern Bangladeshi city of Sylhet on Friday, officials at the airport said.
"The F-28 aircraft with over 70 passengers ran off the runway just after landing," said an immigration official at the airport, 300 km (190 miles) from the capital, Dhaka.
The aircraft ended up in a ditch full of water, with its nose submerged, trapping the woman pilot and a passenger for hours, rescuers said. Both were eventually pulled out.
They both suffered limb fractures and the passenger was in serious condition due to loss of blood, one rescuer said.
Airport officials said at least 25 people, including three crew, were injured.
Biman officials in Dhaka said the aircraft left the capital at 8.46 a.m. (0246 GMT) and landed 19 minutes later at Sylhet, the country's third-biggest airport.
"It was raining when the flight BG 601 carrying 79 passengers met with the accident," an airport official said.
The government had launched an inquiry into the cause of the accident.
State-owned Biman has a fleet of 15 aircraft, including six DC10-30s, four A310-300s and five Dutch-built Fokker F-28s, an airline official said.
