Airport
My workplace is very close to the airport from where I hear the roaring of both civil and military aircrafts all day long. Along with that, we the North and South sides are chosen for take off and landing respectively. May be the growing skyscrapers on the south side of the airport, i.e. Banani, Gulshan and Motijheel C/A, are the reason that made the former ZIA such a handicapped airport. Such a functional diminution of an international airport in no way adds to the safe movement of aero-vehicles in and out of it. In addition to that, a new trouble has been added to the system --the ear blasting noise of the jet fighters.
Routine exercise of the air force planes around a civil aviation terminal will leave the wise people numb. Since the take off and landing of passenger planes of lower speed are limited to a lower altitude phenomenon, the flying of a higher speed (supersonic!) pair of jet planes becomes a potential candidate for collision.
We do take a lot of preventive measures only after a series of horrible events or accidents occur, but it never beats the principle of “prevention is better than cure”. Let's put our mind in the establishment of highest public safety to leave Shahjalal Airport for civil aviation only.
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