Biman forms committee to probe Yangon crash-landing

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, formed a six-member committee yesterday to investigate the crash landing of one of its flights at Myanmar's Yangon Airport on Wednesday. The committee is headed by chief of flight safety Captain Shoeb Chwodhury, said Biman General Manager (Public Relations) Shakil Meraj.

Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority Bangladesh formed a separate committee to investigate the incident. Details about the body were not immediately available. The flight BG-060, operated by Dash-8 Q 400 aircraft, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 3:45 pm yesterday from Dhaka to Yangon and suffered an overrun incident on landing amid rough weather at approximately 6:22 pm local time, wounding 19 including one infant and six women out of 35 passengers and crews.

Apart from two pilots, two cabin crew and two ground engineers, there were 29 Passengers including one infant from Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, China, Denmark, France, Britain and Canada.

Of the 19 hospitalised after the incident, four were released from hospital Wednesday night.

“Hospital authority at Yangon released four admitted passengers last night and none of other 15 injured those now undergoing treatment there is in critical condition,” Biman’s General Manager (PR) Shakil Meraj told newsmen at Balaka, the national flag carrier headquarters in the capital yesterday morning, says BSS.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to Myanmar Manjurul Karim told BSS over the phone that he directed his mission officials in Yangon to provide all kinds of support to the passengers.

Representatives from Myanmar’s Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch (AIIB) visited the crash site on Wednesday last night, official sources said.

 

Biman forms committee to probe Yangon crash-landing

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, formed a six-member committee yesterday to investigate the crash landing of one of its flights at Myanmars Yangon Airport on Wednesday. The committee is headed by chief of flight safety Captain Shoeb Chwodhury, said Biman General Manager (Public Relations) Shakil Meraj. Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority Bangladesh formed a separate committee to investigate the incident. Details about the body were not immediately available. The flight BG-060, operated by Dash-8 Q 400 aircraft, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 3:45 pm yesterday from Dhaka to Yangon and suffered an overrun incident on landing amid rough weather at approximately 6:22 pm local time, wounding 19 including one infant and six women out of 35 passengers and crews. Apart from two pilots, two cabin crew and two ground engineers, there were 29 Passengers including one infant from Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, China, Denmark, France, Britain and Canada. Of the 19 hospitalised after the incident, four were released from hospital Wednesday night. Hospital authority at Yangon released four admitted passengers last night and none of other 15 injured those now undergoing treatment there is in critical condition, Bimans General Manager (PR) Shakil Meraj told newsmen at Balaka, the national flag carrier headquarters in the capital yesterday morning, says BSS. Bangladesh High Commissioner to Myanmar Manjurul Karim told BSS over the phone that he directed his mission officials in Yangon to provide all kinds of support to the passengers. Representatives from Myanmars Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch (AIIB) visited the crash site on Wednesday last night, official sources said.