DUBAI — Passengers affected by the aborted take-off of Biman Bangladesh Airlines BG006 flight resumed their trip to Dhaka at 9:30am yesterday, an airline official has confirmed. Likewise, operations at the Dubai International Airport (DIA) have returned to normal following its nearly eight-hour closure on Monday following the Biman incident.

Ali Ahsan, Regional Manager-Dubai and Northern Emirates of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said 218 passengers, including nine infants, had boarded a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft (Biman Air flight BG036).

A source at one of the hotels where some of the passengers stayed on Monday, confirmed the guests checked out at 5am yesterday and headed to Dubai airport.

“We’ve diverted one of our flights, which was originally bound for Jeddah, to Dubai to accommodate the passengers on their re-scheduled trip,” Ahsan told Khaleej Times.

Ahsan added that connecting flights had been arranged for some of the passengers who were scheduled to fly to Silet, located in the northern part of Bangladesh.

“The Insurance Department of our head office in Bangladesh is currently preparing arrangements for the disbursal of compensation to the passengers of the BG006 flight. Passengers will have to file for claims at the Biman office in Bangladesh,” Ahsan pointed out. He, however, did not disclose the amount of compensation to be given to the passengers.

Biman Airlines’ Airbus-310 aircraft had aborted take-off on Monday when it lost its front wheel while at the DIA runway. Passengers had also mentioned of the smell of petrol and the presence of thick smoke while the aircraft was taxiing along the tarmac.

Twenty-seven passengers had sustained minor injuries in the accident and were treated at the Dubai Airport Clinic and the Rashid Hospital Trauma Centre.

Meanwhile, a day after the eight-hour closure of the busiest airport in the region, Dubai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) announced that the DIA had become “100 per cent operational”.

Khaleej Times observed the Airport Terminal 1 filled with the usual passenger queues at the check-in, baggage claim and passport control counters, with practically no evidence of the chaos on Monday.

“The airport is operating normally without any flight diversions or cancellations related to the Biman incident,” said a DCA official.

However, the DCA refused to comment on media queries on the estimated financial loss the DIA suffered due to the disruption.

A statement from the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) noted that an “investigating team from the GCAA, Airbus, French Aviation Accident Office, and the Bangladesh Civil Aviation will analyse the flight data recorder and the aircraft to determine the cause of the accident.”

Without providing much details, the GCAA has also mentioned that a final report will be sent to “all concerned parties” and the International Civil Aviation Organisation once the investigation has been completed.