150 BD Umrah returnees stuck at Sharjah airport

Nearly 150 Umrah returnees headed to Chattogram are stranded at the Sharjah airport after unprecedented rain and floods in the United Arab Emirates disrupted flights.

The passengers of Air Arabia flight G 9-526 were headed from Madinah to Chattogram when they were stranded l in transit at Sharjah international airport around 9pm on Tuesday. As of Thursday morning, the flight has not taken off.

Abu Bakr, who hails from Garjania village in Chattograms Raozan, is travelling back to Chattogram after completing the Umrah alongside his mother, younger brother, and sister. Almost half of the passengers are women and children and the difficulty they find themselves in is almost indescribable, he said.    —bdnews24.com