DHAKA: A Singapore-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines ‘Mayurpankhi’ has made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday (Oct 14).

The Biman flight Boeing-737-800 took off with a total of 156 passengers and seven crew members on board around 8:25am, said official concerned.

Few minutes after take-off, the captain noticed that the plane was struck by birds, which prompted him to make the landing, according to Biman's Deputy General Manager (Public Relations) Tahera Khandakar.

However, the passengers of this flight were moved to another flight which took off from the airport around 11am, she added.

BDST: 1412 HRS, OCT 14, 2019
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