The aircraft engineering team from Bangladesh fixed the problem three years later, tested the plane and made it into a flight-ready condition. But later no action was initiated to expedite the process by the officials who were contacted in Bangladesh for the aircraft to be flown back to Dhaka.The airport officials here are evidently clueless on what recourse the AAI or the Directorate General of Civil Aviation might initiate.“Nobody in AAI ever thought that if a plane from any foreign country is left behind in India for long, what rules should then be applied to address such a situation. There is no regulation existing. The AAI and the DGCA (a regulatory body in civil aviation) are likely to take decisions at the policy level regarding the fate of the Bangladesh plane parked in Raipur”, the officer stated.The company that operated the grounded Bangladesh plane has shut down its flight services. The parked plane is not affecting the routine operations in the Raipur airport.Parking charges mounted to Rs 4 croreThe parking charges to be paid by the private carrier keep piling up. “The parking fee is Rs 320 per hour. And the charges for the Bangladesh plane have already touched Rs 4 crore”, a senior officer of Airport Authority of India (AAI) Regional Headquarter added.
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