Bangladesh foils suspected attempt to hijack plane

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Bangladeshi police on Sunday thwarted a suspected attempt to hijack a Dubai-bound plane of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in southern port city of Chattogram, local administration said.

“We have succeeded to land the plane safely and we have detained a suspected hijacker and all passengers were evacuated from the aircraft,” Md. Ilias Hossain, the district commissioner, told Anadolu Agency.

“We will interrogate him and try to dig out his real motive. But it’s too early to say anything specific,” Hossain added.

The pilot of the plane made emergency landing as a cabin crew member raised alarm after finding the behavior of a passenger suspicious, local Daily Star quoted Civil Aviation Secretary Mohibul Haque as saying.

According to the local media, the Dubai-bound plane had flown from Shahjalal International Airport of capital Dhaka at 3.20 p.m. local time (0920GMT) on Sunday.