Bangladesh Plane Hijacker Shot Dead by Special Forces

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ChinesePod News - February 25, 2019

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight headed to Dubai was forced to make an emergency landing in the coastal Bangladeshi city of Chittagong after it was hijacked by a 25-year-old male passenger 15 minutes after takeoff.

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一架孟加拉航空飞往迪拜的客机被一名25岁男子劫持,起飞15分钟后被迫在孟加拉沿海城市吉大港迫降。

据说这名仅被称为“马哈迪”的劫机犯在起飞后不久就控制了驾驶舱,开过枪,还威胁要杀死乘客和机组成员。

这名武装分子用枪指着航班飞行员,成功将飞机迫降在吉大港市,

要求和孟加拉总理谢赫·哈西娜对话,哈西娜当天早些时候到访过该市的一个开发项目剪彩仪式。

但这架波音737-800型飞机在海港城市降落时,总理本人已经返回孟加拉首都达卡了。

虽然一开始场面紧张,机上148名乘客和机组成员最终全部安全撤离。

不久后,和劫机犯的谈判陷入僵局,一场8分钟的突击展开了,最终导致双方短暂交火,这名暴徒被打伤并最终被击毙。

警方目前正在调查这名男子是如何通过多道安检关卡,带手枪顺利登机的。

News Transcript

一架孟加拉航空飛往迪拜的客機被一名25歲男子劫持,起飛15分鐘後被迫在孟加拉沿海城市吉大港迫降。

據說這名僅被稱為“馬哈迪”的劫機犯在起飛後不久就控制了駕駛艙,開過槍,還威脅要殺死乘客和機組成員。

這名武裝分子用槍指著航班飛行員,成功將飛機迫降在吉大港市,

要求和孟加拉總理謝赫·哈西娜對話,哈西娜當天早些時候到訪過該市的一個開發項目剪彩儀式。

但這架波音737-800型飛機在海港城市降落時,總理本人已經返回孟加拉首都達卡了。

雖然一開始場面緊張,機上148名乘客和機組成員最終全部安全撤離。

不久後,和劫機犯的談判陷入僵局,一場8分鐘的突擊展開了,最終導致雙方短暫交火,這名暴徒被打傷並最終被擊斃。

警方目前正在調查這名男子是如何通過多道安檢關卡,帶手槍順利登機的。

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight headed to Dubai was hijacked by a 25-year-old male passenger 15 minutes after takeoff, was forced to make an emergency landing in the coastal Bangladeshi city of Chittagong.

The hijacker, identified only as “Mahadi,” is said to have taken control of the cockpit shortly after takeoff, having opened fire and threatened to kill passengers and crew.

The assailant, holding the flight’s pilot at gunpoint, succeeded in forcing the plane to land in Chittagong.

He demanded to speak to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who had been visiting the city earlier in the day for the ribbon cutting of a development project.

By the time the Boeing 737-800 landed in the coastal city, the Prime Minister had returned to the capital city of Dhaka.

Despite initial tense moments, all 148 passengers and crew were evacuated safely.

Shortly thereafter, the negotiations with the hijacker stalled, and an 8-minute raid was carried out, culminating in a brief exchange of gunfire that initially wounded and ultimately killed the attacker.

Investigations into how the man managed to get through multiple security checkpoints with a pistol are currently ongoing.

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