Sylhet Airport
400 passengers stuck in 18-hr flight delay
About 400 Biman passengers demonstrated at Sylhet Osmani International Airport yesterday after announcement of an 18-hour delay in flight.
Officials said the flight was rescheduled by the traffic control office in Dhaka, and the local office had nothing to do with that.
There has been frequent flight rescheduling by Biman Bangladesh Airlines recently for a host of reasons, particularly shortage of aircraft.
Of the Biman passengers, 296 were bound for London, 32 for Jeddah, 27 for Qatar and Dubai, 17 for Muscat and Kuwait, and 34 for Dhaka.
The Sylhet-Dhaka-London flight was to take off 2:30pm yesterday. It was rescheduled to leave Sylhet at 8:30am today.
An official said the Biman aircraft, which was supposed to take the passengers to London, did not land at Sylhet as per schedule yesterday.
The waiting passengers exchanged heated words with officials when informed of the flight delay.
Jeddah-bound passenger Hossain Ahmed said he might lose his job as his job visa would expire today (Saturday).
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