Thick fog disrupts flight, vessel operation in Ctg

Thick fog and cold spell partially paralysed life in Chittagong and its adjacent areas with massive disruption of air, water and road communications causing untold sufferings to thousands of people.

Traffic control room of Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport (CSAIA) sources said dense fog disrupted flight operations yesterday.  The flight schedules of domestic and international flights were changed for one to three hours due to dense fogs, the airport sources added.

Three regular international flights were scheduled to leave from Shah Amanat International Airport at 12:00am, 1:00am and 2:00am respectively on Sunday but could not leave before 10:00am, 12:00pm and 1:00pm yesterday respectively due to dense fog. Besides, a domestic flight was forced to land at CSAIA as they could not land at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka because of dense fog, and many of the flights have been rescheduled or delayed for one to three hours due to thick fog.

Radio control room of Chittagong port authority sources said owing to poor visibility plying of all kinds of ships in port channels remained suspended since Sunday night.

However, flight and vessel movements returned to normalcy around 12:00pm yesterday when the fog started to lessen.