DHAKA. Aug 13 (NNN-BSS) – Two incidents of bird strikes occurred at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, but no casualties have been reported.
A flight of the national flag-carrier, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, on the Dhaka-Bangkok route aborted take-off as a bird strike caused one of its tyres to burst yesterday.
Passengers of the plane had to disembark in the taxiway, a senior pilot of the national flag carrier told the Daily Star, a leading local newspaper.
Later, the authorities made alternative arrangements for the passengers to travel to Bangkok.
In the second case, according to the report, a flight of Fly Dubai abandoned take-off, after a bird strike on its left engine and damaged three propeller blades.
As the plane had to be halted on its final phase of take-off, two wheels also melted, the leading local daily reported, quoting unnamed sources.
Earlier, in Dec last year, a Dreamliner aircraft of Biman was reportedly damaged, when a bird hit the engine of the aircraft during landing at the same airport.– NNN-BSS
