Nothing Found in Malaysian Plane that Made Emergency Landing

No bomb was found on the Malaysian Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on suspicion of having a bomb.

The bomb disposal unit of the Air Force informed the executive director of the airport after a late night search on Wednesday (December 1).

The Malaysian Airlines flight that left Kuala Lumpur landed at Shahjalal Airport at 9:48 pm. The Air Force Bomb Disposal Unit then searched the taxiway. The operation was supported by various intelligence agencies including Army, RAB, APBN and Fire Service.

At around 1.30 pm, Group Captain AHM Touhidul Ahsan, director of Shahjalal Airport, told reporters that they searched the entire aircraft and its passengers in accordance with the Standard of Procedure (SOP), although the information they received was not true.

"The information was not found to be true, but we did not take it lightly," he said. "That is why after the landing of the aircraft, the details were searched. According to SOP, first we offload the passenger. Then I searched them. One by one, the members of the Air Force searched the two luggage compartments of the aircraft. However, nothing dangerous or bomb-like was found."

He added that at 7.30 pm, they received a report from the RAB that a suspect from Malaysia was coming to Dhaka with a 'suspicious object'. This information was given by calling RAB from a number in Malaysia.

Asked if a Pakistani man was on board the plane, Touhidul said, "We have heard that. However, there were no Pakistani passengers on the plane. Of the 135 passengers on board, 134 were Bangladeshis and one was a Malaysian."