Shahadat Hossain went to India. The wife, daughter and sister were supposed to return to Dhaka on Tuesday at 10pm on Tuesday. But Shahadat Hossain could not return to his family from Kolkata. Biman Bangladesh Airlines Boeing 737-800 model of the aircraft carrying them landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday noon after 15 hours. Not only Shahadat Hossain to return home, more than 150 passengers like him had to spend the night at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport at Dum Dum. The airline has not been allowed to stay in the hotel for 14 hours during the winter night.
Usually it takes less than an hour to come from Kolkata to Dhaka.
Soon after coming back to the country, he spoke with Shahadat Hossain. He said in the first light, "India's time was at 9 o'clock in the night, we had to leave the Kolkata-bound Flight BG 096 in Kolkata. After coming to the airport, I know, it will be late for one and a half hours. After boarding the pass with immigration, it was informed again after the departure of our flight will leave 11. Later it was said that the flight will leave at 12pm. But I did not know the reason for the delay. '
On the same flight, Dhaka State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki, a band music team, four chesss from the Under-19 team. Apart from this, there were 15 children, five elderly passengers. Two children became sick due to vomiting at Kolkata Airport. However, none of the Biman officials was found to know the reason, said Shahadat Hossain. He said, "I got to know about dinner at 9pm. I got food at 12 o'clock. At the time, the station's station manager Fakhrul Alam asked the reasons for leaving the flight. He speaks of fog. Asked about the departure, he said, "Talk to the pilot."
Fakhrul Alam was once seen with state minister Mehr Afroz Chumki. The minister left the airport after talking to him. Shahadat Hossain said this, he was told to leave the plane at night, sometimes at night. But the plane does not leave. At one stage, he was told to meet Fakhrul Alam at the hotel. He said, there is no hotel. Get breakfast in the morning. Although the children are getting sick, the station manager goes. He could not be seen again.
Some other foreign airlines were delayed leaving Calcutta flights. But their flight passengers were taken to the hotel. Shahadat Hossain said, "We had 200 passengers from Bangkok, Air Asia. So all the passengers were taken to the hotel, so the passengers would be late. The airline did not take our news. But Air India officials want to give food after seeing our misery. '
The flight of BG 096, landed at Dhaka at around 12:30 pm in Bangladesh. But another episode of woe at Shahjalal Airport began. Several passengers said that the stairs were not found to get off the plane. It is about one and a half to come downstairs. The bus was not found again. The passengers of the 8-10 group were taken to the terminal by small microbes. At 3 o'clock in the airport passengers pass out.
Biman General Manager (Public Relations) Shakil Meraaj said that due to fog, the airline was delayed leaving the flight. He said in the first light that passengers were fed food. Biman officials are being contacted in Kolkata with the matter.
Yesterday, the flight of 24 flights late last night was delayed till 3 o'clock today. At the same time 14 flights were delayed leaving Dhaka.
An Armed Police Battalion official at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport said that due to the delay of the flights, it was difficult to handle the situation till noon today. Other airlines have taken the necessary measures including keeping their passengers at the hotel. But no such action was taken for the passengers of the aircraft. So the passengers of the plane became a bit overwhelmed. However, after the afternoon the situation became normal.