A PASSENGER plane has been forced to make an emergency landing in Bangladesh after an attempted hijacking.
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight touched down at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong after the suspect allegedly tried to storm the cockpit. The flight was scheduled to go from Dhaka to Dubai via Chittagong. All passengers have left the plane, according to the airline's general manager, Shakil Miraj.
He said: ”There were 142 passengers and all of them have come out from the aircraft safely.”
Bangladeshi MP Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal, who was on flight BG147, said the gunman opened fire on board the plane and demanded to speak to the country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Mr Badal told Somoy TV: “The pilot told that this man, a Bangladeshi, fired a shot. However, everyone is safe.
“When the pilot pursued him, the hijacker said that he wanted to talk to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Now the law enforcement agencies are trying to take him into custody."
Another passenger added that the hijacker claimed to have a bomb.
Police and the army surrounded the plane after in touched down and are talking to the suspect.
Flights from the airport have been suspended while they deal with the incident.
The flight had been due to briefly stop at Chittagong, a half-hour flight from Dhaka before continuing to Dubai.
But the hijacker attempted to take control of the plane shortly after take-off.
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