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Biman flight makes emergency landing at Shahjalal

| Updated: October 25, 2017 22:14:19


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A domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Wednesday with 66 passengers on board.

Just after the take-off from Sayedpur Airport for Dhaka at 9:33 am, one of its rear-wheel got damaged, sources said.

Pilot of the flight instantly alert HSIA to take preparation for emergency landing, reports BSS.

The HSIA official said they immediately suspended all take off and landing operation of the airport as part of the preparation of emergency landing.

However, the aircraft, Dash Q8, landed safely with all the passengers, the officials said.

The pilot just took 10 minutes more than its scheduled landing time at 10:25 am as he made a low fly over the runway for understanding the extend of difficulty and finally everything took place smoothly.

Normal operation of HSIA has been restored after the incident.

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