Bangladesh: 33 injured when plane skids off runway

Dhaka, Bangladesh

All 33 people on board a Bangladeshi plane, including two pilots and two crew members, were injured after the plane skidded off the runway at Yangon International Airport on Wednesday evening.

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Dash-8 Q400 from Dhaka to Yangon skidded off the left side of the runway at Yangon while landing at 6:22 p.m. (1222GMT), the airline announced on social media.

Some 15-20 injured people were taken to hospital, and 11 others were released after treatment at the airport clinic, according to local reports. The plane was badly damaged in the incident.

In addition to Bangladeshis, the passengers included nationals of Myanmar, Canada, China, India, France, and Switzerland, reported local daily the Dhaka Tribune.

Manjurul Karim Khan Chowdhury, Bangladesh’s ambassador to Myanmar, told the daily that “the front wheel of the aircraft broke as it landed at the airport where it was raining, accompanied by strong gusts."