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Third chartered flight with 171 UK citizens takes off

So far, two special flights departed from Dhaka on Tuesday and Thursday with 441 citizens

Update : 25 Apr 2020, 07:29 PM

A third special chartered flight on Saturday left for the UK ferrying 171 Britons amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

A British Airways flight took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3:35pm. 

Mohammad Sohel Kamruzzaman, public relation officer of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) confirmed the matter.

British High Commissioner to Dhaka has arranged four special chartered flights for British nationals, living in Bangladesh, to return to their country. 

The first special flight departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday with 264 citizens and the second on Thursday with 177 citizens.

One more special flight is scheduled to fly on Sunday.

British High Commission in Bangladesh also organized shuttle flights to bring people from Sylhet to Dhaka to meet the onward flights to the UK.

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