YANGON, Myanmar, May 9 (NNN-BSS) – Some 18 people, including five crew members, were injured, after a passenger plane of the Biman Bangladesh airlines skidded off the runway, at Myanmar’s Yangon International Airport (YIA), on Wednesday, said the Department of Civil Aviation, Myanmar.
The Biman Flight No. BG-60 from Dhaka to Yangon, carrying 28 passengers and six crew members, skidded off the runway at around 6:50 p.m. local time (1220 GMT).
“At least 16 people, including the pilot, with head injury, have been sent to the North Okkalapa General Hospital for treatment, so far,” Zwe Yan Naing, chairman of Shweyaung Thamaing, Emergency Rescue and Social Support Organisation, said earlier.
The Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft, veered off the runway during landing, due to heavy rains and poor visibility, said a statement from the Yangon Aerodrome Company Limited, the operator of the YIA.
The runway reopened two hours after the accident and an investigation was underway.– NNN-BSS
