US-Bangla shuts Dhaka-Kathmandu flight operation
Nepali rescue workers gather around the debris of a US-Bangla Aircraft that crashed near the international airport in Kathmandu on March 12, 2018. Photo: AFP
US-Bangla Airlines authorities has shut down their all flight operations between Dhaka and Kathmandu for indefinite period.
The decision came today, two days after an aircraft of the airlines boarding 71 passengers and crew crashed in Kathmandu airport, leaving at least 51 people dead.
“Our flight operations between Dhaka and Kathmandu have been shut from today due to shortage of aircrafts,” Kamrul Islam, general manager (public relations) of the US-Bangla Airlines, told The Daily Star.
Kamrul, however, could not say when the flight operation would be resumed.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. There were 71 people on the 78-seater Bombardier Dash 8, when it slammed on an empty field and burst into flames at the Tribhuvan International Airport on March 12, leaving 51 people dead.
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