The plane was subsequently marshalled to the taxiway where the Air Force's bomb squad conducted a thorough search of the aircraft after evacuating its passengers. Earlier in the evening, the Rapid Action Battalion had alerted the airport authorities about the arrival of a "suspicious" person from Malaysia with a "suspicious object", according to him. Earlier, Additional Deputy Commissioner Tapash Kumar Das of DMP's Airport Zone had said they had been alerted to the presence of a "suspicious person" or "object" on board the Malaysia Airlines plane. Several units of the Fire Service were also dispatched to the airport, according to Director-General Brig Gen Md Sazzad Hussain. The Fire Service units are at the [airport] gate.

Source: bd News24 December 01, 2021 21:14 UTC