Damaged aircraft to be turned into restaurant
A private firm named Western Grill had bought it from Biman at a cost of Tk 11 lakh in July this year through tender.
The authorities of Western Grill, a popular restaurant in Dhaka, will turn the aircraft into a restaurant and set it up at the Gulshan Avenue in Dhaka, said an official of the firm at a press conference in Sylhet Press Club yesterday afternoon.
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They will start separating the aircraft body into pieces from today, he added.
On October 8 in 2004, the craft with 82 passengers on board skidded off into a narrow canal, about 300 feet off the runway. 40 passengers sustained injuries in the accident. The accident badly damaged the cockpit and some other parts of the craft while both the engines and some other valuable parts remained in good condition. Biman authorities took out all the valuable parts of the aircraft and sold the body to the private firm.