A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG 148) arriving from Dubai was forced to return to Shah Amanat International Airport shortly after departing for Dhaka due to a technical fault on Thursday morning.
The flight, carrying 287 passengers, initially landed safely in Chattogram at 7:15 am. It took off again for Dhaka at 8:37 am but returned and landed safely at 8:58 am following the fault.
The aircraft is currently stationed at Bay No. 8 of the airport, and all passengers are reported to be safe.
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Engineer Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, Public Relations Officer at Shah Amanat International Airport, said the airline arranged for all affected passengers to be transferred to another flight, BG-122, which departed for Dhaka at 10:50 am.