1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny

1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny

Several dead airmen on the airport tarmac after the mutiny has been put down
Date2 October 1977
Location
Dhaka Airport, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
Result

Defeat of the mutineers

  • Sergeant Afsar is arrested and later executed
  • Beginning of the 1977 Bangladesh mass executions
  • Over 1,000 soldiers and airmen are executed for allegedly taking part in the failed coups d'état
Belligerents
Non-aligned
Commanders and leaders
Ziaur Rahman
A. G. Mahmud
S. H. Rumi		 Afsar Ali Khan  
Sheikh Abdul Latif		 Osamu Maruoka
Casualties and losses
10 killed 20 killed
60 captured		 None

The 1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny was an attempted coup staged on 2 October 1977 by members of Bangladesh Air Force and the Signal Corps of Bangladesh Army, which took place while negotiations were ongoing between the Bangladesh government and the Japanese Red Army, who had hijacked a plane and diverted it to Dhaka airport. The mutiny was led by Sergeant Afsar Ali Khan of the air force, who was a member of the Communist Party of East Bengal.

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