File photo: Aircraft of different airlines on the tarmac at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneBomb threat turns out to be false alarmA Malaysian Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Wednesday following a bomb threat on board. Authorities had beefed up security at the airport after getting information that a passenger on the flight was carrying a bomb. At around 1:15am Thursday, the airport’s Executive Director Group Captain Touhid-ul Ahsan told Dhaka Tribune: “The security personnel have finished the search but they did not find any bomb or explosives." Emergency landing in ChittagongMeanwhile, a Dash-8 aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Aircraft made a safe emergency landing following a technical glitch at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong. The Chittagong-bound flight from Dhaka had a technical glitch with its nose landing gear (Wheel), he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 02, 2021 06:50 UTC