On Sunday, Bangladesh security officials foiled a hijacking attempt of a Dubai-bound plane which made an emergency landing at a coastal city in the country following the incident. Security forces stormed the plane and detained the lone hijacker and evacuated all the passengers safely, said the officials.
The state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight BG-147 was on its way to Dubai from Dhaka via Chattogram and had landed at the Chattogram airport at around 5:40 pm. Eyewitnesses informed that minutes after the craft flew from the Chattogram airport, it returned and made an emergency landing and opened the emergency exit through which the passengers disembarked immediately.
According to unconfirmed reports the hijacker was a foreign national and was equipped with a handgun. The identity of the gunman is yet to be known.