Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG 148, arriving from Dubai, landed safely at Shah Amanat International Airport at 7:15 am on Thursday with 287 passengers on board.
The flight then departed for Dhaka at 8:37 am but had to return shortly afterward due to a technical fault, landing safely back at the airport at 8:58 am, UNB reports.
The aircraft is currently stationed at Bay No. 8 of the airport. All passengers are reported to be safe.
According to Engineer Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, Public Relations Officer at Shah Amanat International Airport, the airline arranged for all affected passengers to be accommodated on another flight, BG-122, which departed for Dhaka at 10:50 am.