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1972 Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national airliner of Bangladesh was established as Air Bangladesh International.
Google | 1972 Bangladesh Biman started its domestic services initially linking Dhaka with Chittagong, Jessore and Sylhet using a single Douglas DC-3 acquired from India.
Google | 1972 Five crewmembers on board a Biman flight were killed when a Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashed. It was the country's first air accident.
Google | 1972 Bangladesh Biman started its international operations with a weekly flight to London using a Boeing 707 chartered from British Caledonian.
Google | 1997 A Bangladesh Biman Fokker-28 with 89 people aboard crash-landed in Sylhet, leaving 17 injured. The aircraft landed on its belly in a paddy field, 3 km from the runway, failing to land at the Sylhet airport due to heavy fog.
Google | 2004 A Bangladesh Biman F28 aircraft of Dhaka-Sylhet route lost its control and skidded off the runway at the Sylhet Airport.
Google | 2005 A DC-10 aircraft of Bangladesh Biman coming from Dubai with 201 passengers and 14 crew skidded off the runway in Chittagong.
Google | 2007 A Dhaka-bound Bangladesh Biman airliner suffered a wheel failure during takeoff that caused minor injuries to 14 on board, forcing Dubai International Airport, the busiest in the Middle East, to suspend its operations for about eight hours.
Google | 2007 Bangladesh Biman was transformed into a Public Limited Company (PLC) by the Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government.
Google | 2008 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited, the national flag carrier, signs final papers with US plane-maker Boeing to procure eight new-generation aircraft (four 463-seater 777-300ER and four 394-seater 787-8s) worth $1.265 billion.
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