Passengers and a pilot were injured on 5 March when an ERJ 145 aircraft overrun the runway in Maine. The aircraft was operating as United Express at the time of the incident.

The aircraft took off from United's hub at Newark Liberty airport and landed at Presque Isle. Cleveland-based CommutAir posted a statement on Twitter that the aircraft “slid to the right of the runway” during landing. One pilot and three passengers “sustained minor injuries and are being attended by emergency personnel,” the airline states of the flight that carried 28 passengers and three crew.

The US Federal Aviation Administration in a statement confirms that the ERJ-145 “veered off the runway onto the grass at Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle” and says “the FAA will investigate."

Jet Airways has grounded two more aircraft for defaults on lease payments, as such nearly a quarter of its fleet is now out of operations.

The carrier confirmed the latest two groundings in a 4 March Indian stock exchange statement, joining 23 other aircraft that the carrier has previously grounded for non-payment of lease rental.

A passenger on board a Biman Bangladesh Airlines Boeing 737-800 was killed by special forces on 24 February after he attempted to hijack the aircraft.

The aircraft, registered S2-AHV, was operating flight BG147 from Dhaka to Chittagong, when the incident happened.

Local media reports said that the suspect had tried to enter the cockpit, and threatened the crew with a pistol when he was blocked. He then threatened to blow up the aircraft with explosives.

The aircraft made an emergency landing at Chittagong, where special forces were waiting. The army called for the suspect to surrender, to which he held a crew member hostage, while releasing the other 147 passengers and crew.

The suspect was carried out injured after special forces stormed the aircraft, but died later. The hostage was uninjured.