Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Friday suspended operation of its ten flights on four domestic routes till Monday due to shortage of aircrafts following flight accident at Yangon Airport on Wednesday. “Ten flights on Sylhet, Rajshahi, Jashore and Saidpur routes will remain suspended due to shortage of aircrafts,” Shakil Meraj, general manager (public relations) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines told media.
The Biman authorities run flight operation of ten domestic routes across the country with three planes of Bombardier Dash-8 model, said sources at the national flag carrier. As a plane out of the three was damaged due to the flight accident in Myanmar’s Yangon International Airport, the authorities are facing problem to run its operation on all the domestic routes with the rest aircrafts, the sources said.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft BG-060-Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, which left Dhaka at 3:45 pm on Wednesday, skidded off the runway due to heavy rain and poor visibility at 6.22 pm while landing at YIA. The aircraft was carrying 29 passengers including one child, 2 pilots and 2 cabin crews. Among the passengers there were 15 Bangladeshis, five Chinese, three Myanmarese, one Danish, one French, two British, one Canadian and one Indian. All of the people on board the flight have given treatment under state arrangement and are currently out of any danger.