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Airport Road clash: Passengers miss flights due to heavy gridlock

Dhaka Airport
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. File photo

Several passengers today missed different international flights due to huge traffic congestion on the Airport Road in Dhaka following a clash between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat.

Meanwhile, the scheduled flights left the airport with so many empty seats since morning.

Most of the flights left the airport with a delay of around 30 minutes, Md Zakir, an official of the control tower, told The Daily Star.

A Thai airways flight which left the airport had almost half of the seats empty, an airport official told The Daily Star.

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Airport Road clash: Passengers miss flights due to heavy gridlock

Dhaka Airport
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. File photo

Several passengers today missed different international flights due to huge traffic congestion on the Airport Road in Dhaka following a clash between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat.

Meanwhile, the scheduled flights left the airport with so many empty seats since morning.

Most of the flights left the airport with a delay of around 30 minutes, Md Zakir, an official of the control tower, told The Daily Star.

A Thai airways flight which left the airport had almost half of the seats empty, an airport official told The Daily Star.

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