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. ADVERTISEMENT 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.<doc-sep>The would-be hijacker who was shot and killed by commandos after attempting to commandeer a flight to Dubai on Sunday was carrying a fake weapon and had a criminal history stemming from a kidnapping case, officials said Monday. The Biman Bangladesh Airlines Boeing 737-800 made an emergency landing Sunday in the southern port of Chittagong, Bangladesh, where commandos stormed the plane. The hijacking took place after takeoff from Dhaka when a man on the flight reportedly waved a gun and attempted to enter the cockpit. Mufti Mahmud Khan, director of the law and media wing of Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion security agency, told reporters at a news conference the suspect was listed in its database as 24-year-old Md. Polash Ahmed, who was from a village near the capital. DUBAI FLIGHT FORCED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ATTEMPTED HIJACKING; SUSPECT DIES OF INJURIES IN SHOOTOUT The police chief in Narayanganj outside Dhaka, Mohammed Moniruzzaman, first identified the suspect as 24-year-old Mohammed Polash Ahmed, according to the Associated Press. Moniruzzaman said Ahmed's parents confirmed his identity, and that residents of the village where he lived said he had a "bad reputation." A passenger on the flight reported Ahmed may have fired a weapon twice, but civil aviation authority chairman Air Vice Marshall Nayeem Hasan said the gun wasn't real, Agence France Presse reported. "According to those who have seen it, it appears that the gun was fake," he said Monday. Kusum Dewan, additional commissioner of Chittagong police, said that Ahmed appeared to be "mentally imbalanced," according to Reuters. "We heard he had a personal issue with his wife and demanded to speak to the prime minister," he said. "But we are still investigating. We don’t want to come to any conclusions right now.” Officials said the 24-year-old had been arrested in 2012 in connection with a kidnapping case, but did not provide additional details. INDIA'S FASTEST TRAIN BREAKS DOWN ON ITS FIRST TRIP The investigation into the attempted hijacking is now centered on how Ahmed managed to board the flight with the pistol. Bangladesh civil aviation minister Mahbub Ali told reporters that Ahmed had booked a seat on the flight from Dhaka to Chittagong, and that airport surveillance video showed him going through security with other passengers. "There was no signal that he had something" when he boarded Sunday's flight, Ali said. Khan said when the agency's bomb-disposal unit reached the scene, they found that Ahmed had fake "bomb-like material." CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP Bangladesh, a majority Muslim nation of 162 million people, has had periodic terrorist attacks in recent years, including an assault on an upscale cafe in Dhaka's diplomatic enclave in 2016 that resulted in the deaths of 22 people, including 17 foreigners. The Associated Press contributed to this report.<doc-sep>A man has been shot dead after trying to enter the cockpit of a flight from Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates, waving a gun and threatening to blow up the plane, airline and aviation authority officials say. The man's threat to blow up the plane, which was on its way to Dubai from Dhaka via Chittagong in south-eastern Bangladesh, led its pilots to make an emergency landing at Chittagong's Shah Amanat International Airport. Key points: With the plane close to Chittagong after leaving Dhaka, the passenger stood up from his seat and tried to go to the cockpit With the plane close to Chittagong after leaving Dhaka, the passenger stood up from his seat and tried to go to the cockpit When a member of the crew blocked his way, he showed a toy pistol and threatened to blow up the plane When a member of the crew blocked his way, he showed a toy pistol and threatened to blow up the plane Other members of the crew alerted the pilots to the problem and they asked air traffic control for an emergency landing The suspect, who said he had a personal issue with his wife and told the pilot he wanted to speak to Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, died after military commandos subsequently stormed the plane. "We tried to arrest him or get him to surrender but he refused and then we shot him," said Major General SM Motiur Rahman. Before the commandos moved in, all 142 passengers and most of the crew had been let off the aircraft unharmed. One crew member had been held hostage, officials said. Suspect had a toy pistol, and claimed to have explosives Air Vice Marshal Nayeem Hasan, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, told reporters at a news conference that as well as holding what appeared to be a pistol, the passenger claimed he had explosives bound to his body. With the plane close to Chittagong after leaving Dhaka, the passenger stood up from his seat and tried to go to the cockpit, according to aviation officials. When a member of the crew blocked his way, he showed his pistol. Loading He then said he had explosives and if they did not open the door of the cockpit he would blow up the plane, officials said. Other members of the crew alerted the pilots to the problem and they asked air traffic control for an emergency landing. Police later said the man's pistol was a toy, and he carried no explosives. "The pistol with the suspect was a toy pistol and he had no bomb attached to his body," said Kusum Dewan, additional commissioner of Chittagong police. It was not immediately clear if the man had explosives, although authorities thought the pistol was real, according to a senior aviation official. Officials said the investigation is focusing on his background and identity, and how he was able to board with the toy pistol. Air Vice Marshal Hassan said the suspect appeared to be "mentally imbalanced". Military commandos stormed the plane and shot the suspect after he refused to surrender. ( Reuters: Stringer "I am saying this because of his behaviour. He wanted to talk to the Prime Minister," he said. There were reports the suspect also said he had a personal issue with his wife. Before the suspect was pronounced dead, authorities had described him as a "terrorist" and said he had been arrested and was being questioned. Bangladeshi soldiers could be seen in the live TV broadcast taking positions inside Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong, 252 kilometres south-east of Dhaka. AP/Reuters<doc-sep>
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A flight bound for Dubai from Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, made an emergency landing Sunday in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after a man attempted to hijack the plane, officials said. The Bangladeshi suspect asked to speak to the country’s prime minister before dying from injuries in an exchange of gunfire with military commandos, officials said. The flight, operated by state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines, took off from Dhaka at 4:35 p.m. for the trip to Dubai via Chittagong. The pilot made the emergency landing in Chittagong about 40 minutes later, after a crew member reported “suspicious behavior” by the man, said Rezaul Karim, an official with the Bangladeshi military’s inter-service public affairs office. All 143 passengers and seven crew members aboard the Boeing 737-800 were safely evacuated, Air Vice Marshal Mofidur Rahman said at a news conference broadcast live on Somoy TV. The commandos fired at the suspect after he shot at them when they asked him to surrender, army Maj. Gen. Motiur Rahman told reporters, according to ATN TV news. He said that the suspect was carrying a pistol, but did not say where the shooting took place. The army official said the suspect, whose name has not been released, asked to speak to his wife and to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The suspect died before reaching the hospital, he said. The suspect appeared to be “mentally imbalanced,” said Air Vice Marshal M. Naim Hassan, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority. “I am saying this because of his behavior. He wanted to talk to the prime minister.” Before the suspect was pronounced dead, Rahman, had described him as a “terrorist” and said that he had been arrested and was being questioned. Bangladeshi soldiers could be seen during the live TV broadcast taking positions inside Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong, 252 kilometers southeast of Dhaka.