Biman carrier collides with boarding bridge in HSIA, probe body formed

A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner of Biman Bangladesh Airlines collided yesterday (June 16, 2022) with the boarding bridge at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

The national flag carrier has formed a two-member probe body to look into the incident, Biman said in a press release issued today.

The committee was asked to complete the investigation and submit its report within three working days.

Biman's general manager (public relations) Tahera Khondoker said the two-member inquiry committee will be headed by chief engineer Kaiser Zaman.

According to the state airlines, the Dreamliner aircraft of Biman landed at the Dhaka airport from Riyadh at around 4:15pm yesterday.

After landing, the aircraft was brought to the boarding bridge no. 4. When the plane was being taken to the hanger following off-loading of its passengers, baggage and cargo was completed, the canopy of the boarding bridge collided with the abrasion resistant rubber on the boarding bridge at the door of the aircraft.

Biman authorities said that the abrasive rubber of the boarding bridge of the carrier has been fixed and no damage happened to the aircraft. The aircraft was ready to fly to Riyadh from HSIA on its scheduled flight at 2.30am today.

AGAIN AND AGAIN

On June 4, a trolley-dolly of US-Bangla Airlines hit a Boeing 737 aircraft of Biman at the Dhaka airport.

In middle of April, two Boeing aircraft of Biman Bangladesh was grounded following hitting each other at the hanger of HSIA.

On February 15, a Boeing 737 aircraft of Biman was brought back from Malaysia after a windshield crack was noticed mid-flight en route to Kuala Lumpur.

A Dash-8 aircraft of Biman remained grounded for around three months due to "damaged engines caused by pilot error."

Aviation experts said, these incidents could have been avoided with careful operation of the aircraft and advanced maintenance.