WATCH | Massive fire at Dhaka airport; which flights were affected?
A massive fire broke out at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Saturday afternoon, which has led to flight operations being suspended for the time being.
The incident took place at the cargo terminal of the airport just after 2 PM, a Dhaka Tribune report said, citing Biman Bangladesh Airlines spokesperson Kawser Mahmud. However, the cause of the fire is not yet known.
Teams from the airport's fire department, in addition to the Bangladesh Air Force's fire unit and other agencies, were promptly rushed to the terminal.
According to Bangladesh's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Bangladesh Navy and two Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) platoons have also joined more than 30 firefighting units at the airport trying to bring the blaze under control, a Daily Star report said.
"All our aircraft are confirmed safe. Further updates will be provided as the situation develops," a spokesperson for HSIA said, as per the report.
As a result, Batik Air's OD-163 flight from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur and IndiGo's 6E-1116 from Dhaka to Mumbai have been stalled on the runway for the time being, as per a Business Standard report.
A number of inbound flights were affected too.
A Dhaka-bound IndiGo flight from Delhi was redirected to Kolkata, while three other flights—an Air Arabia flight from Sharjah, a US-Bangla Airlines flight from Bangkok, and a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Saidpur—landed in Bangladesh's Chattogram, instead of Dhaka.
The airfield at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka will remain closed until 6:00 PM today, said Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, a public relations officer at the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram.
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