Biman skids off runway; 25 injured

09 Oct, 2004

At least 25 people were injured when a Bangladesh Biman Airlines Fokker aircraft skidded off the runway in bad weather after landing in the north-eastern city of Sylhet on Friday, officials at the airport said.
"The F-28 aircraft with over 70 passengers ran off the runway just after landing," said an immigration official at the airport, 300 km (190 miles) from the capital, Dhaka.
The aircraft fell into a ditch full of water, with its nose submerged, trapping the pilot and a passenger, rescuers said.

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