Dhaka bound passenger lands at Bajpe airport, deported

Mangalore: Boarding a wrong bus or train may not be uncommon occurrence, but an aircraft? In a first, a Bahrain passenger, bound to Dhaka to attend his child's funeral last week, landed at the Bajpe airport here.
Mohammed Alam Mamtazuddin, who was supposed to board the Gulf Air to Dhaka, landed at the six decade old Bajpe airport on May 25, 6.30 pm by the Air India Express flight. The immigration officials, who were informed of this lapse by the airlines, deported him by the next AIE flight to Dubai.
An officer in charge of the immigration was shocked by this incident. ``We have deported or detained people on the basis of fake passports, invalid visa etc. But this is for the first time I'm coming across such a case. How can there be a failure at multiple levels,'' he questioned.
The AI official said the AIE bore full expenses of the passenger's travel from Mangalore to Dubai and Dhaka.
01/06/12 Stanley Pinto/Times of India

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