Hijacking attempt on Biman foiled by Bangladesh authorities

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A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight in transit Dubai from Dhaka in Bangladesh made an emergency landing on Sunday at Chittagong after what appeared to be an highjacking attempt  by the authority from the carrier said. Every one of the 142 individuals on board were securely cleared after which police secured the aircraft.

The suspect succumbed to the injuries after a gunfight with the military commandos. Armed force, Navy and  police cordoned off the plane minutes after it landed. Every one of the passengers, pilots and  individuals were evacuated securely. As indicated by armed force Major General Matiur Rahman, the suspect, a Bangladeshi national named as Mahadi, would not surrender when asked to, forced "the commandos to go for a firing actions", which "lasted eight minutes".

"He (criminal) capitulated to his injuries after the military commandos caught him (with shots)," Rahman told a media preparation at Chattogram air terminal

Biman BG 147 took off from Dhaka at 4:35 pm however made a crisis arrival at Shah Amanat International Airport 40 minutes after the fact after a group part announced "suspicious conduct" by the man, Rezaul Karim, an authority with the Bangladeshi military's between administration open undertakings office, said.

The emergency exit was opened through which the passengers landed right away. The skipper and the principal officer of the flight likewise turned out later, observers said. "Nobody was harmed amid the salvage activity," Bangladesh's Air Vice Marshal Abdul Matin said.

"The man more than once wanted to converse with Prime Minister Sheik Hasina," he stated, including that the hijacker enabled the passengers to land the plane amid the exchange negotiation.  In a question and answer session in Dhaka, Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshal Naim Hassan said the ruffian was furnished with a handgun and explosives.

The carrier's general supervisor Shakil Miraj disclosed to Reuters that the police and Army later encompassed the air ship. "There were 142 travelers and every one of them have turned out from the airplane securely," he said.