Mid-air glitch forces Biman’s Bangkok flight to return to Dhaka

A Bangkok-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was forced to return to Dhaka about an hour after take-off on Wednesday due to a technical fault.

The aircraft, carrying 146 passengers, landed safely at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and the passengers were later flown to their destination on a replacement flight, Al Masud Khan, public relations manager of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, told UNB.

The affected passengers were accommodated on another flight — a Boeing 777 — which departed for Bangkok at 6:02pm, he added.

He further added that the matter is under investigation by the engineering department.

According to Biman officials, flight BG-388 departed from Dhaka at 12:06pm for Bangkok using a Boeing 737-800 aircraft (registration: S2-AFL), which has a capacity of 170 passengers. While flying over Myanmar airspace, the pilot detected an unusual vibration in one of the engines.

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Prioritising passenger safety, the pilot made the decision to turn back, and the aircraft landed safely in Dhaka at 1:21pm.

This marks the second such incident within a week.

On 28 July, Biman flight BG-349 en route to Dammam, Saudi Arabia, had to return to Dhaka after flying for an hour. That flight, operated by a Boeing 777-ER, departed at 3:33pm and returned at 4:33pm.

Source: UNB