PM's Dhaka-bound flight BG 377 delayed at Narita due to mechanical fault

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his entourage are returning to Dhaka from Japan on Thursday (October 29) at the end of a four-day visit. However, the Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying them is being delayed in departing from Japan's Narita International Airport due to a mechanical fault.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines gave this information in a press release issued at around 5pm on Thursday.

The release said flight BG 377, carrying the Prime Minister and his entourage, is being delayed in taking off from Narita International Airport for Dhaka due to a mechanical fault.

The release said Biman's flight crew and engineering team are working to fix the fault. It also mentioned that further information on the matter will be given in due course.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in the Japanese capital Tokyo on October 26 on a four-day state visit. He went on the visit at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.