The management of the national flag carrier took the decision as per the report of the investigation team.
The suspended officials are - S M Rokonuzzaman, Samiul Haque, Lutfor Rahman, Milon Chandra Biswas, Zakir Hossain and Siddiqur Rahman.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon came up with the disclosure at a press conference held at the secretariat in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Rashed Khan Menon said: “The investigation committee found lack of responsibility. Though the technical glitch may occur due to default of aircraft engine or related with weather. But the committee didn't find any fault related to engine or weather.”
Those are responsible all are from the engineering department of the organisation.
Biman formed a four-member investigation committee led by Chief of Technical Captain Fazal Mahmud Chowdhury to investigate the incident. Biman sources said the committee found them guilty.
Biman management handed over the investigation report to the Aviation minister before the press conference. The committee was supposed to submit the report Thursday, but they submitted it one day earlier.
On November 23, a VVIP flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to make an emergency landing at Ashgabat International Airport in the capital of Turkmenistan on her way a UN water summit in Budapest, Hungary.
The plane was carrying 99 passengers including the premier, four cockpit crews, 20 cabin crews and four aircraft engineers.
The fuel pressure of the aircraft carrying PM was abnormally falling due to a technical glitch according to a Biman official.
Sources said there were some technical glitches when the aircraft was flying over the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border. After noticing the rapid declining of fuel pressure, the captain of the aircraft decided to make an emergency landing at the nearest airport which was Ashgabat International Airport of Turkmenistan.
The aircraft safely landed at Ashgabat airport for inspection and repairs. Four onboard flight engineers examined the engine and discovered a loose nut in the lubricant oil system. The engineers tightened the nut and replaced the lubricant oil. After completing the repairs, the captain operated a test flight for a final check-up. The entire procedure took a little over four hours.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
