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Bangladesh plane grounded in Raipur for 9 years

The New Indian Express

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August 09, 2024

IT'S been over nine years for a Bangladesh-based United Airways plane that made an emergency landing at Raipur and the airport authorities apparently seems perplexed as they didn't receive any feedback to their series of high-priority communication sent to officials of the private carrier and the neighbouring country that now seems in turmoil.

- EJAZ KAISER

Bangladesh plane grounded in Raipur for 9 years

"Forget its take-off from the Chhattisgarh capital, the plane has virtually turned as a huge scrap not fit to fly. During all these years, we haven't received any concrete response or information from Bangladesh regarding the parked aircraft here", a senior officer of Airport Authority of India (AAI) Regional Headquarter told this newspaper.

The parking charges to be paid by the private carrier keep piling up.

"The parking fee is ₹320 per hour. And the charges for the Bangladesh plane have already touched 4 crore", he added.

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