A group of agitated passengers who failed to catch a flight for Jeddah due to rescheduling vandalised the office of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in the port city of Chittagong on Saturday.
They vandalised glass on the main entrance and some furniture at the national flag carrier's office in the city's Sholashohor area around 12pm.
Sub-Inspector of the Pachlaish Police Station Mohammad Kamruzzaman told bdnews24.com that the agitated passengers took to vandalism as they failed to get onboard a scheduled flight for Jeddah. Later, the police brought the situation under control.
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines authorities and the victims said that a Boeing-747 flight was scheduled to ferry passengers from the Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport to Jeddah at 1:30am on Saturday, but it was rescheduled later.
One of the passengers of the flight, Ahmed Kabir of Kanchana area of Satkania upazila in Chittagong, told bdnews24.com that the Biman authorities changed the flight on Friday night and asked the passengers to start their journey from Dhaka which angered the passengers.
"The authorities didn't take us to any hotel for overnight stay," he added.
The Biman authorities, however, claimed that they managed rental accommodation for 57 passengers out of the 84, who had booked tickets for the flight.
Biman's Chittagong unit Manager Dilip Kumar Chowdhury said the flight of the victim passengers had been rescheduled for Sep 18.
They vandalised glass on the main entrance and some furniture at the national flag carrier's office in the city's Sholashohor area around 12pm.
Sub-Inspector of the Pachlaish Police Station Mohammad Kamruzzaman told bdnews24.com that the agitated passengers took to vandalism as they failed to get onboard a scheduled flight for Jeddah. Later, the police brought the situation under control.
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines authorities and the victims said that a Boeing-747 flight was scheduled to ferry passengers from the Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport to Jeddah at 1:30am on Saturday, but it was rescheduled later.
One of the passengers of the flight, Ahmed Kabir of Kanchana area of Satkania upazila in Chittagong, told bdnews24.com that the Biman authorities changed the flight on Friday night and asked the passengers to start their journey from Dhaka which angered the passengers.
"The authorities didn't take us to any hotel for overnight stay," he added.
The Biman authorities, however, claimed that they managed rental accommodation for 57 passengers out of the 84, who had booked tickets for the flight.
Biman's Chittagong unit Manager Dilip Kumar Chowdhury said the flight of the victim passengers had been rescheduled for Sep 18.
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