The Bangladesh Navy joined in the search operation of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with , BNS '' Umar Farooq '' and a Dornier Do-228NG MPA in March 2014 . The aircraft was a Boeing 777-200ER which gone missing with 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 14 nations during the flight from Malaysia to China . Later , BNS '' Umar Farooq '' was replaced by BNS '' Somudra Joy '' . The search was renewed in May 2014 when an Australian exploration company claimed to have traced aircraft debris in the Bay of Bengal . In 2014 , during the Water Crisis in Maldives , the Bangladesh Navy was the first to launch humanitarian aid relief by deploying BNS '' Somudra Joy '' with 100 tonnes of bottled water
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Bangladesh Navy