Gulf Airways flight makes emergency landing at Kolkata airport

Kolkata: A Bahrain-Dhaka flight of Gulf Airways made an emergency landing at the NSC Bose International airport in Kolkata on Friday due to fog in Bangladesh capital.
The pilot of the flight (GF41) with 284 passengers on board sought permission for unscheduled landing in Kolkata at 3 am due to dense fog at Dhaka airport, airport sources said.
The plane would fly to Dhaka at 8.30 am on Saturday. Officials said the pilot decided to stay put as the situation at Dhaka airport did not improve till later in the day.
One flight each of Air India Express and Jet Airways too were delayed by two and three hours respectively to fly from Kolkata to Dhaka on Friday.
26/12/08 PTI/Times of India

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