As Ground Defense Commander , Wing Commander Hamidullah Khan led a team that crushed the BAF airmen uprising and rebellion restoring order following the 1977 JAL Flight 472 hijacking incident at Dhaka International Airport/Bashar Air Base , Tejgaon during Air Marshall A. G Mahmood 's tenure as COS . He further secured and tightened the safety and movements in and around the entire airport . Then President Ziaur Rahman , immediately following the attempted coup , appointed Hamidullah khan as ZMLA and Director of Martial Law Communications and Control Center set up at the old parliament building ( present day prime minister 's office ) at Tejgaon . Hamidullah initiated the transfer of DFI under the Ministry of Defense from Bailey Road to Dhaka Cantonment under the direct control of the President and rechristened as DGFI
1977 JAL Flight 472
Japan Airlines Flight 472 (1977)
Muhammad Hamidullah Khan