Biman Bangladesh Aircraft Problems

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ challenges with maintaining its active fleet are continuing, with groundings becoming a common occurrence.

Technical issues which have emerged in recent days alongside other challenges have forced the national flag-carrier to park up planes, axe flights and see its customer base put in disarray.

Flight schedules have been labelled as significantly disrupted, with multiple existing flights and onward connectivity options in disarray, resulting in costs that have now ballooned.

Major service disruptions are expected, and the feasibility of sticking to the established schedule becomes more unlikely as the hours pass due to the availability of aircraft.

Only in the last day, flights were cancelled across the international network due to the lack of availability stemming from a Boeing 787, which was scheduled to operate on routine service.

The Impacted Biman Bangladesh Aircraft

That availability stems from the shortage. According to the Public Relations Manager, who spoke with Balga Tribune, a flight in Rome was grounded because the aircraft was under repair and therefore unable to join the network.

Specifically, it follows industry sources reporting that a flap problem arose on the aircraft that forced the 787 flight with 262 passengers to be stuck.

The parts required to help repair the flap on the Boeing 787 for Biman Bangladesh Airlines are heading from London, and upon their arrival, will be used by engineers to carry out the relevant repairs.

With the customers’ impact, the airline said it was putting those affected up in a hotel, as there were limited options, to get the affected passengers to their intended destination, whether for leisure or business, sooner.

A Problem Evolving?

For Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the latest incident with the Boeing 787 and the knock-on effect felt across the business isn’t a first, and thus has sparked concern across the media and locals.

The Daily Star is pointing towards several other incidents which have emerged in the last two weeks alone involving other aircraft, such as a 737 and Dash 8, which were forced to return following either vibration in the engines or an excessive rise in the cabin temperatures.

Incidents, while common across the industry, if occurring at such a frequency and close together, can raise alarm bells, and in this case, concerns around the standards being implemented by the company and its workforce.

Officials argue, however, in comments shared across media channels, that there’s fatigue and staff shortages, which are leading to increased pressures on the current workforce maintaining the fleet.

Irrespective of the shortages and the fatigue, onlookers argue that the position that workers have been put in is unacceptable. In such a high-pressure space where safety is paramount, fatigue cannot creep into practices such as the maintenance of the fleet.

Over the last two weeks alone, there has been some form of an incident reported nearly every other day, pilots reporting 13 to 14 issues in just recently across two Boeing 737 jets, per the Daily Star.