Nagpur: A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dhaka to Dubai with 396 passengers and 12 crew members on board made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport in Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday.

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dhaka to Dubai, carrying 396 passengers and 12 crew members, made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport in Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday (Feb20).

The flight was diverted and made the emergency landing at around midnight on Wednesday (Feb 19) due to technical issues, a senior official of the Nagpur airport told news agency.

The flight was carrying 396 passengers and 12 crew members, another official said.

Nagpur airport director Abid Ruhi told media that “the aircraft was forced to land because of a technical issue”.

The passengers will be flown by another flight of the company later in the day, he said.

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