Flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka city resumed on Thursday morning after seven hours of suspension due to dense fog.
Beni Madhab Biswas, deputy director of the airport, said flight operations resumed around 9:51am. A US-Bangla flight, bound for China’s Guangzhou, took off at that time.
Earlier, UNB reported, flight operations at the airport had remained suspended since 3:00am due to the foggy weather.
The airport authorities were forced to divert two flights – one of them to Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport.
Thick fog often disrupts operations at the country’s airports during winter.
