A blanket of fog once again disrupted the flight operations for six hours on Thursday at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), reports UNB.
Dense fog also disrupted ferry services of the country in various routes.
Rezaul Karim, spokesperson of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), said flight operations at the airport were suspended since 3:30 am and four inbound and outbound flights were delayed due to poor runway visibility caused by thick fog.
A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines had to be diverted to Chittagong and two other scheduled outbound flights did not take off from the airport while no domestic flight departed the airport, he elaborated.
The flight operations at the airport resumed at 9:30 am after disappearance of fog, he added.
On Wednesday morning, flight operations at HSIA were disrupted due to dense fog, affecting the schedules of over 33 domestic and international flights.
Report from Manikganj adds: Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route resumed early Thursday after six hours of disruption due to blurred visibility caused by thick fog.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) manager at Aricha station Khandaker Tanvir Hossainn said the ferry services had been kept suspended on the route from 1:40 am to 7:40 am due to dense fog.
During the time, four ferries remained stranded in the mid-river.
Following suspension of ferry services, hundreds of vehicle remained stuck in a long queue at Doulatdia ghat, said the official. Seven ferries in Patuaria and five in Doulatdia ghat were tied to the pontoons, he added.
In Munshiganj, ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari river route resumed on Thursday morning after seven hours of disruption caused by dense fog.
Shah Newaz Khaled, assistant general manager of BIWTC at Shimulia station, said the authorities kept the ferry services suspended on the route from 1:30 am to 8:30 am due to blurred visibility caused by thick fog.
Five ferries remained stranded in the mid-river, causing immense sufferings to the passengers amid cold weather.
Due to the ferry service disruption, five hundreds vehicles remained stuck in a long queue stretching five kilometres at the both end of the river, said the official.
