A man aboard a flight en route to Dubai from Bangladesh attempted to hijack the plane Sunday, forcing the plan to make an emergency landing in Chittagong, Bangladesh, according to the Associated Press.
The suspect, a man from Bangladesh, was killed by military commandos, who reportedly shot at the suspect after he fired at them when they ordered him to surrender.
The flight was operated by state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Rezaul Karim, an official with the Bangladeshi military’s public affairs office, told the AP that the flight made the emergency landing after a crew member reported “suspicious behavior” by the suspect.
Air Vice Marshal Mofidur Rahman said during a news conference that all 143 passengers and seven crew members were safely evacuated.
An army official told the AP that the man asked to speak with his wife and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina before dying.
Air Vice Marshal M. Naim Hassan, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority, added that the man appeared to be "unbalanced," the AP reported.
“I am saying this because of his behavior. He wanted to talk to the prime minister," Hassan said.
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