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Passengers safe as Bangladesh plane skids off runway
Farid Ahmed, Indo-Asian News Service
Dhaka, July 1, 2005|16:55 IST
Almost 200 passengers on board a Bangladesh Biman aircraft had a narrow escape after the plane skidded off the runway at the airport in the southeastern port city of Chittagong Friday, officials said.
The DC-10 aircraft of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines was coming from Dubai and was to fly to Dhaka via Chittagong.
As it was preparing to land at the airport in Chittagong, one of its wings caught fire, causing the plane to skid off the runway on landing, a senior official at the airport told IANS.
The passengers and crew were evacuated safely from the plane, officials said adding a few sustained slight injuries.
"The aircraft probably got caught in the inclement weather and skidded off the runway," a Biman official said.
"The fire was brought under control immediately and the passengers were taken out of the aircraft safely through the emergency exits," he said.