Bangladesh aircraft makes emergency landing in India

A Bangladesh aircraft with 173 people on board landed under emergency conditions at Vivekananda Airport in Raipur, capital of central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, yesterday evening due to some technical snag.

The plane, on its way to Muscat from Dhaka, developed an engine problem, an airport official told PTI.

Indian authorities were in touch with the Bangladesh airlines for making alternative arrangement for the passengers to fly to their destinations, he added.

Md Kamrul Islam, assistant general manager (marketing support and public relations) of United Airways, said the engine problem might arise as a bird hit in the engine, reports our staff correspondent in Dhaka. He said they would send another aircraft from Dhaka tomorrow to take the passengers either to their destination or to get them back to Dhaka. Engineers will also fly to Raipur to check the engine, he added.