The pilot could not see the runway, the flight went to Kolkata-Chittagong
Four Biman flights could not land at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport due to dense fog. After circling the skies of Dhaka for a long time, one flight landed in Chittagong and three in Kolkata, India.
The flights of Hazrat Shahjalal worldwide Airport had been disrupted from 7:30 am on Thursday (December 15) due to dense fog. After and a half of hours, the flight commenced setting out at 10 am as the fog cleared a bit.
Airport executive Director institution Captain Md. Kamrul Islam informed Dhaka post that four flights could not land in Dhaka and landed in Chittagong and Kolkata because of low runway (visibility). Now (eleven am) the scenario is enhancing. The stranded flights have began to land.
In line with airport assets, because of thick fog, the pilots of the flights could not see the runway earlier than touchdown. As a end result, the 7:30 a.M. Flight of Saudi Arabian airlines from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia circled the sky for about and a half hours and landed at 10:30 a.M. Also, morning US-Bangla airlines flights from Doha and Sharjah to Dhaka and an Air Arabia flight from Abu Dhabi to Dhaka failed to land due to long waits and were despatched to Kolkata airport. Later the flights landed there thoroughly.
Except, Fly Dubai's flight from Dubai to Dhaka landed in Chittagong as opposed to Dhaka. Numerous flights such as US-Bangla airlines, Vistara airways and Gulf Air additionally landed past due. For the equal cause, approximately a dozen flights from Dhaka couldn't take off.
In keeping with airport resources, the flights inside the sky have been given the opportunity to land earlier after the fog subsided. Most effective the final flights will begin setting out while the backlogged flights land.
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