US-Bangla plane skids off runway

A US-Bangla Airlines plane has overshot the runway while landing amid rain at the Syedpur Airport, halting operations at the domestic airport for seven hours, reports bdnews24.com.

The mishap took place at around 7:45am on Friday but there were no injuries, said Rakib Mustakin, the Syedpur in-charge of the airline.

One of the wheels of the Dash 8 Q400 plane, en route from Dhaka to Syedpur, slipped out of the

runway and sank into land, he added. The Flight BG-152 was carrying 74 passengers including a whip of Parliament.

"All the passengers are safe," Mustakin said. Operations at the airport were suspended until afternoon before the army and fire service personnel repaired the plane's wheel and towed it back to the runway.