178 Russian citizens leave by chartered flight
They departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Russia at 6 pm
There would be an 18-member squad. Six DNC officials with sniffing dogs will be on duty at the airport in eight-hour shifts Photo: UNB
A total of 178 Russian nationals those were stranded here due to COVID-19 pandemic left here for Russia Monday evening by a special chartered flight.
"178 Russian citizens departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) for Russia at 6 pm by a chartered flight," HSIA Director Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan told media.
He said the chartered flight, operated by a Boeing 763 aircraft of a local Russian airlines, will arrive at Nizhny Novgorod, a city near to the Russian capital of Moscow.
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Earlier, nationals from the USA, Japan, Malaysia and Bhutan also left here by chartered flights amid outbreak of the deadly coronavirus.
