UPDATE – Bangladesh foils suspected attempt to hijack plane

UPDATES WITH SUSPECTED HIJACKER KILLED, MORE DETAILS; EDITS THROUGHOUT</p> <p>By Md. Kamruzzaman</p> <p>DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A suspected plane hijacker was killed in an operation by Bangladesh army in southern port city of Chattogram on Sunday, a military official said.</p> <p>“The hijacker has been wounded during our commando operation and within short time he died,” Rashidul Alam Khan, assistant director of Bangladeshi army’s media wing, told Anadolu Agency</p> <p>Khan said the hijacker was trying to take control of the Dubai-bound plane of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in the sky but failed as the flight crews and pilot somehow kept him engaged and able to ensure emergency landing.</p> <p>“After safely landing all passengers were evacuated from the aircraft very tactfully,” he said, adding that army commandos had to exchange fire with the suspect as he declined to surrender.</p> <p>The hijacker has been identified as Mahadi, 20, local daily Dhaka Tribune quoted army officer Maj. Gen. SM Matiur Rahman as saying.</p> <p>The Dubai-bound plane had flown from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport of capital Dhaka at 3.20 p.m. local time (0920GMT) on Sunday.</p> <p>The pilot of the plane made emergency landing in Chattogram as a cabin crew member raised alarm after finding the behavior of a passenger suspicious, local Daily Star quoted Civil Aviation Secretary Mohibul Haque as saying.