Bangladesh’s SalamAir plane makes emergency landing

Nagpur: A SalamAir flight Ov406 flying from Chittangong in Bangladesh to Muscat, the capital of Oman, made an emergency landing at Nagpur after the pilot detected smoke in the cargo area. The flight had 200 persons onboard which included seven crew members. All are reported to be safe.

Sources involved in the landing process said there was no panic in the aircraft as the smoke was only limited to the cargo area and the pilot got an alert in the cockpit through the systems. The passengers have been kept in the security area as the engineers are examining the plane.

This is the second major emergency landing of a flight having a Bangladesh connect. In 2021, a Biman Bangla aircraft off Bangladesh had made an emergency landing after the pilot had suffered a heart attack.