Biman ‘false’ fire alarm forces emergency landing

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Singapore with 210 passengers made an emergency landing at Dhaka airport this evening after one of its engines sent false fire alarm, official said.
Contacted, Biman’s Director Engineering MM Asaduzzaman told The Daily Star that due to a false fire warning at engine number two, the captain of the aircraft, Airbus310, sought for the emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:45pm.
However, all the passengers were unharmed in the incident, he said.
This might have happened due to electric short- circuit. “We are assessing whether there is any damage to the engine,” he added.
All emergency services including fire units were kept on alert following the emergency call by the pilot, sources said.
In February first week, another Biman flight made an emergency landing at Shahjalal airport following an engine surge of Boeing 777-200ER aircraft around eight minutes after it took off from Chittagong for Dubai.