A passenger plane has made an emergency landing after a ‘gunman’ reportedly tried to hijack it. According to a Daily Star report, the suspect allegedly shot a cabin crew member of the plane and tried to storm the cockpit of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight which was on the way to Dubai. However, the pilot managed to carry out an emergency landing at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong of Bangladesh safely. Meanwhile, Biman Bangladesh’s Station Manager at the airport Mahfuzul Alam confirmed bdnews24.com that the plane was indeed hijacked, but declined to comment further. Chittagong 8 MP and leader of a Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal faction Moin Uddin Khan Badal, who was also on the flight, told Somoy TV that the gunman had opened fire.

Source: bd News24 February 24, 2019 13:30 UTC