Bangladesh was under a military government headed by President Ziaur Rahman who had come to power through a coup . The government of Bangladesh was busy with the Japan Airlines Flight 472 hijacking and the exchange of hostages for ransom . The Japanese Red Army had hijacked the plane and landed it in Tejgaon Airport in Dhaka . The hijackers were warned of the mutiny and told to take defensive position if they saw armed personnel moving towards the plane by the air control tower
Japan Airlines Flight 472
Japan Airlines Flight 472 (1977)
1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny