123 German natl’s leave BD

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Staff Reporter :
A special chartered flight carrying 123 German nationals departed from Harzat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday.
The flight carrying the passengers left the airport at 1:45pm. It will land at Frankfurt International Airport in Germany, according to Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Civil Aviation Authority Bangladesh (CAAB) Mohammed Sohel.
This is the first flight carrying German nationals to their country since the corona pandemic hit Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, another special chartered flight is under plan to takeback American nationals to their country, for the third time since the beginning of the

outbreak. This flight is scheduled to depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on April 13, have a layover in Doha of Qatar, and will finally land at Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC.
Passengers won’t not be allowed to leave the plane during the transit.
Sources from CAAB have said that the US-bound flight is not yet confirmed, but under plan for departure on April 13.
The fast spreading coronavirus, which was first reported in China’s Wuhan, has claimed 96,791 lives and infected 1,615,059 people across the world till 5pm on Friday, according to worldometer.
As many as 362,538 people have recovered from COVID-19, which has spread to 210 countries and territories across the planet.

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