The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

About half a dozen flights from Zia International Airport (ZIA) were delayed or cancelled yesterday after thick fog enveloped the sky of Dhaka throughout the day.

A Bangladesh Biman airplane (BG027) from Dhaka was delayed by six and a half hours to depart from the ZIA due to the foggy weather condition. The plane was scheduled to leave the ZIA at 7:00pm. It was delayed up to 1:30am, Ahad Ali Khan, Flight Information Officer at ZIA told The New Nation last night.

He said three Bangladesh Biman airplanes (BG039, BG095 and BG035) which were scheduled to depart ZIA at 7:15pm, 7:30pm and 9:15pm were cancelled.

On the other hand, a Dubai-bound aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was delayed due to foggy weather.

A Gulf Air plane from Bahrain was forced to land in Dhaka, after it would not make it to the Tribhuban International Airport in Kathmandu in Nepal.