Biman plane makes emergency landing in Sylhet

SYLHET, Oct 03 (UNB): An aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines made an emergency landing at Osmani International Airport here on Wednesday afternoon amid panic among the passengers.

The plane landed safely with all passengers and cabin crew unhurt.

Sources at the airport said the Flight BG-601 took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at around 3:26 pm carrying 65 passengers.

Before landing, the pilot of the aircraft announced that a problem was detected at one of its landing wheels.

Hearing the announcement, the passengers got panicky and some of them started crying, said a passenger wishing to remain anonymous.

He said the pilot managed to land the aircraft safely at around 4:30 pm in second attempt.

The passenger added, "We have seen fire fighter units, members of security personals and other agencies kept in standby as we got down from the flight."

Contacted, Deputy Director of Air Traffic Control of HSIA Shah Wahidur Rahman said they detected a portion of layer of landing wheels lying on the runway after the flight took off.

"We informed it to the concerned authority of Sylhet Airport. Instantly the pilot was informed about the matter. The flight landed safely," said Wahidur Rahman.

Replying to a question, he said there are multiple layers in the landing wheel. Sometimes, such type of incident (fall of a portion of layer) may occur, which is a normal thing, he claimed.