Flight operations at Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport resumed on Friday afternoon after three and half hours of disruption caused by the wheel puncture of a Boeing aircraft blocking the runway. The flights resumed around 4:30pm after removing the Biman aircraft from the runway, said Hafiz Ahmed, manager of the airport. Earlier, one of the wheels of the Boeing-737 of Biman Bangladesh Airlines got punctured with a big bang when it began its approach to take off. According to the airport authority, the aircraft carrying 148 passengers was scheduled to take off for Dhaka around 12.55pm. Passenger Mostak Hyat Khan said, “We were panicked as the aircraft started shaking after a big bang.” After the shaking, the pilot slowed the speed of the plane and tried to take off but was forced to halt when they came to know about the problem, Khan said. “We were stranded inside the aircraft for around 40 minutes and later brought to the airport lounge,” he added.

A 26-year-old woman riding pillion died after falling off her husband's bike as the loose end of her burqa got entangled in the rear wheel of the two-wheeler in Chandpur Sadar upazila. The accident occurred at Chandra Chowrasta around 10am on Friday when  Asma Akhter, her husband Sabuj Bhuiyan and their five-year-old son were on their way to her parents' house in Algibazar. READ: NSU student killed in city road crash OC Abdur Rashid of Chandpur Sadar police station said that Asma's burqa suddenly got entangled in the rear wheel of the speeding bike and she fell off and suffered severe head injuries. She was taken to Chandpur Government General Hospital in a critical condition. As her condition deteriorated, she was soon shifted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), where she succumbed to her injuries later that afternoon. Her relatives brought back the body to Laxipur in Chandpur Sadar upazila from Dhaka on Friday evening, the OC added.