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FOG-FLIGHT-SUSPENDED
Fog forces to suspend flight operation at HSIA for 5 hrs
DHAKA, Dec 28, 2017 (BSS) – All flight operations were suspended at
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) for more than five hours from 5
am to 10.15 am this morning.
“This morning, again we were forced to suspend flight operation due to
the dense fog from 5 am,” CAAB spokesperson AKM Rezaul Karim told BSS.
He said the flight operation was resumed at 10.15 am.
During the period, one US-Bangla airlines and one Regent Airways flights
from Kualalumpur were diverted to Chittagong while an Air Arabiya flight,
scheduled to land at 9am, could not land until 10.15 am at HSIA.
Besides, departing international flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines
and Regent Airways to Kolkata departed delayed after 10.15 am this morning,
Karim said.
Apart from international flights, numbers of early morning domestic
flights of Biman Bangladesh airlines, Novo Air, US-Bangla Airlines and Regent
airways were delayed due to dense fog.
The flight operations are being disrupted at HSIA in last couple of
weeks due to heavy fog.
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