Glitch grounds Biman flight in Dubai, 178 passengers stranded

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight bound for Dhaka via Sylhet was grounded at Dubai International Airport late Tuesday night after engineers detected a mechanical glitch during a pre-departure inspection leaving 178 passengers stranded and forcing the national flag carrier to arrange emergency accommodation and meals. The affected aircraft, a Boeing 787-8 (Flight BG-248), was scheduled to take off at 12:05 am on Tuesday (September 16). However, routine safety checks revealed a technical issue, prompting Biman to halt the flight “in the interest of passenger safety,” according to Boshra Islam, General Manager (Public Relations) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, who spoke to Jago News on Wednesday. “All stranded passengers have been transferred to nearby hotels, and meal arrangements have been made,” Islam...