News / Dhaka scanner crisis eases and airfreight back on the move from Bangladesh

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Direct flights to the UK from Bangladesh have relaunched, following repairs to an explosive detection scanner (EDS) in Dhaka Airport.

And officials expect two new EDS machines in operation by the first week of November, relieving congestion at the airport that built after direct flights were halted last month after the failure of the scanners.

Plus, they said, another EDS machine, undergoing testing, is expected to come online by the end of next month. An EU team visited Bangladesh recently to validate the ...