<p>A bomb threat, which forced a Malaysia Airlines flight with 135 passengers on board to make an emergency landing at the Dhaka airport, turned out to be a hoax, a senior airport official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The Dhaka-bound MH-196 flight from Kuala Lumpur landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9:38 pm local time on Wednesday amid tight security at the airport and the runway, HSIA Executive Director Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan told reporters.</p>.<p>Following the threat call, commandos and security agencies were positioned at the airport along with firefighters and ambulances.</p>.<p>On landing, the plane was marshalled to the taxiway where the Air Force's bomb squad conducted a thorough search of the aircraft after evacuating its passengers. However, no explosive or bomb-like object was found inside the aircraft or in any passenger's luggage.</p>.<p>“The information we received over a phone call from Malaysia appeared unfounded...Nothing was found,” Ahsan said.</p>.<p>The top HSIA official declined to identify the caller source but said the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police, received the call.</p>.<p>Subsequent exchanges with the Malaysian authorities and intelligence reports suggested the aircraft faced no such threat, but the Bangladesh authorities did not take it lightly, Ahsan said.</p>.<p>An intensive scanning of the aircraft cabin, passengers and their luggage were carried out as it was a security concern for all, he said.</p>.<p>According to airport officials, of the 135 passengers on board the plane, 134 were Bangladeshis and one Malaysian national.</p>.<p>After the suspension of flight operation for around three and a half hours from 9:00 pm last night, normal operation at the HSIA resumed around 12:45 am on Thursday, <em>The Daily Star</em> reported.</p>.<p>"No one was detained in this connection, Morshedul Alam, Deputy Commissioner, Uttara Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told the newspaper</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos here:</strong></p>
<p>A bomb threat, which forced a Malaysia Airlines flight with 135 passengers on board to make an emergency landing at the Dhaka airport, turned out to be a hoax, a senior airport official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The Dhaka-bound MH-196 flight from Kuala Lumpur landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9:38 pm local time on Wednesday amid tight security at the airport and the runway, HSIA Executive Director Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan told reporters.</p>.<p>Following the threat call, commandos and security agencies were positioned at the airport along with firefighters and ambulances.</p>.<p>On landing, the plane was marshalled to the taxiway where the Air Force's bomb squad conducted a thorough search of the aircraft after evacuating its passengers. However, no explosive or bomb-like object was found inside the aircraft or in any passenger's luggage.</p>.<p>“The information we received over a phone call from Malaysia appeared unfounded...Nothing was found,” Ahsan said.</p>.<p>The top HSIA official declined to identify the caller source but said the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police, received the call.</p>.<p>Subsequent exchanges with the Malaysian authorities and intelligence reports suggested the aircraft faced no such threat, but the Bangladesh authorities did not take it lightly, Ahsan said.</p>.<p>An intensive scanning of the aircraft cabin, passengers and their luggage were carried out as it was a security concern for all, he said.</p>.<p>According to airport officials, of the 135 passengers on board the plane, 134 were Bangladeshis and one Malaysian national.</p>.<p>After the suspension of flight operation for around three and a half hours from 9:00 pm last night, normal operation at the HSIA resumed around 12:45 am on Thursday, <em>The Daily Star</em> reported.</p>.<p>"No one was detained in this connection, Morshedul Alam, Deputy Commissioner, Uttara Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told the newspaper</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos here:</strong></p>