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Biman’s Saidpur flight escape major accident

A Monitor Report 25 Oct, 2017 | 2143 Views | - +
Dhaka: A Dash-8 Q 400 aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on a flight from Saidpur made emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday, October 25 morning,

The flight BG-494 took off at about 9:30 am from Saidpur Airport with 66 passengers on board. After the takeoff, security personnel at the airport, noticed that part of a wheel, lying on the runways. They immediately informed the control tower about their finding.

Following the incident, HSIA authority closed the airport for all flights between 9:00 am and 11:00 am. The ill-fated aircraft made safe emergency landing at HSIA at 10:45 AM.

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