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Probe body formed over Biman plane crash in Yangon

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has formed a probe committee over the crash landing of its Dash-8 aircraft at Yangon International Airport in Myanmar on Wednesday evening.

Shakil Meraj, general manager (public relations) of national flag carrier Biman, made the disclosure at a press conference on Thursday morning. 

A six-member committee was formed headed by captain Shoeb Chowdhury, chief of Biman’s flight safety chief, he said.

All 33 passengers and crew members on a Biman flight to Yangon were injured yesterday evening when the plane went off the runway while landing at Yangon airport in bad weather.

A press release of Biman today said a special flight of Biman - BG 1050 - went to Yangon last night and returned with 17 waiting passengers around 4:50am.