| Date: | Thursday 3 April 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-373C |
| Owner/operator: | Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
| Registration: | S2-ABQ |
| MSN: | 19441/548 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 74 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Singapore-Paya Lebar Airport (SIN) -
 Singapore
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Singapore-Paya Lebar International Airport (SIN/WSAP) |
| Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport (DAC/VGTJ) |
The aircraft sank back on the runway with the gear retracted, after attaining a height of 100 feet. The Boeing slid for 2000 feet before coming to a halt off the right side of the runway. After lift-off, all 4 engines had lost power.
It was also deemed possible that the pilot had aborted the takeoff too late after false engine indications.
The aircraft carried the name "City of Bayezed Bostami".
Sources:
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 July 1975 | AP-AWV | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA | 0 | Islamabad International Airport (ISB) |  |
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