6 Biman staff suspended for emergency landing of PM’s flight

Six  officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have been suspended in connection with the emergency landing of a flight carrying Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina at an airport in Turkmenistan on Sunday.

On Wednesday, Civil Aviation Minister Rashed Khan Menon  hinted that the ministry would action against officials responsible for the emergency landing.

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made emergency landing at an airport in Turkmenistan on Sunday due to technical faults, officials confirmed.

The Prime Minister was on her way to Hungary for a four-day visit to attend Budapest Water Summit 2016. Tourism and Civil Aviation minister Rashed Khan Menon told Jagonews  that everyone aboard, including the premier, is physically safe.

Biman Bangladesh officials said that the flight left Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at  around 9am.