A man wielding a ‘pistol’, which later came out to be a fake one, hijacked the Dubai-bound Boeing 737-800 christened Mayurpankhi mid-air on way from Dhaka to its stop-over Chattogram on Feb 24. The suspect, identified as Polash Ahmed alias Mahibi Jahan, was shot and declared dead shortly afterwards. Meraj, a general manager at Biman, declined comment on whether the aircraft was damaged by bullets during the raid. He could not say either which route the aircraft will fly. A parliamentary standing committee has asked the civil aviation and tourism ministry for details about the incident.

Source: bd News24 March 05, 2019 13:41 UTC