Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight 147
Boeing 737-8E9 · Attempted hijacking
From Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 148
- Survivors
- 147
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 1
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 737-8E9
- Flight
- BG147
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- S2-AHV
- Operator
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 1
- Route
- From Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC)To Dubai International Airport (DXB)
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight 147 was a scheduled flight from Shahjalal International Airport, Bangladesh, to Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates, via Chittagong. On 24 February 2019, the aircraft operating the flight, a Biman Bangladesh Airlines Boeing 737-800, was hijacked 252 km southeast of Dhaka by Polash Ahmed, acting alone. The crew performed an emergency landing at the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong where Ahmed was shot dead by Bangladeshi special forces. There were no other reported casualties among the 134 passengers and 14 crew on board.
Hijacking
Early reports said the perpetrator was armed with a pistol, fired several shots, and claimed to have a bomb. A local police official later said the gun was fake, and the next day the government would not confirm that he had a weapon of any kind, real or fake. The plane diverted and performed an emergency landing. Passengers were evacuated. The suspected hijacker was identified as a man in his mid-30s who demanded to speak with his wife, and then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight 147
- Revision
- 1363489933 · 2026-07-10 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q61863739
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight 147" (page 60060438, revision 1363489933)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.