Biman flight makes emergency landing at Dhaka airport

A little over a week into the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Nepal, a domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines made an 'emergency landing' at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday following a technical glitch. It was a  Dash 8-Q400 Bombardier aircraft—the same model of US-Bangla plane that crashed in Nepal.

"A Saidpur-bound flight of the national flag carrier with 67 passengers took off from the airport at 12:10pm. It came back and landed at the airport around 12:50pm for the sake of passengers' security after it received technical signal 20 minutes into the takeoff," said Biman General Manger (public relations) Shakil Meraj.

"It's not a major emergency problem. The pilot returned to Dhaka as the air conditioners onboard were not working and he heard rumbling sounds after takeoff.  The plane came back without going to Saidpur for recheck," he further said. All the passengers and crew members were safe after the plane landed following the technical glitch. The authorities later conducted a test flight of the aircraft successfully around 4:30pm and the flight was kept ready to make the return flight, Meraj said.

However, Meraj added that the passengers were not willing to make the trip on the flight anymore and demanded their money back, which kept things complicated while filing of this report around 8:30pm. At least 49 people, including 26 Bangladeshi nationals, were killed as a US-Bangla Airlines aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Tribhuvan International Airport in the capital of Himalayan county Nepal on March 12.

Biman flight makes emergency landing at Dhaka airport

A little over a week into the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Nepal, a domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday following a technical glitch. It was a Dash 8-Q400 Bombardier aircraftthe same model of US-Bangla plane that crashed in Nepal. A Saidpur-bound flight of the national flag carrier with 67 passengers took off from the airport at 12:10pm. It came back and landed at the airport around 12:50pm for the sake of passengers security after it received technical signal 20 minutes into the takeoff, said Biman General Manger (public relations) Shakil Meraj. Its not a major emergency problem. The pilot returned to Dhaka as the air conditioners onboard were not working and he heard rumbling sounds after takeoff. The plane came back without going to Saidpur for recheck, he further said. All the passengers and crew members were safe after the plane landed following the technical glitch. The authorities later conducted a test flight of the aircraft successfully around 4:30pm and the flight was kept ready to make the return flight, Meraj said. However, Meraj added that the passengers were not willing to make the trip on the flight anymore and demanded their money back, which kept things complicated while filing of this report around 8:30pm. At least 49 people, including 26 Bangladeshi nationals, were killed as a US-Bangla Airlines aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Tribhuvan International Airport in the capital of Himalayan county Nepal on March 12.