News / Letter from Bangladesh: direct air shipments to UK remain suspended

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The direct shipment of air cargo to the UK from Bangladesh has been suspended for nearly two weeks as the two explosive detection scanners (EDSs) at Dhaka Airport remained out of order.

In the absence of EDS, the airport authority screens cargo with normal scanners, and then explosive-detection dogs (EDDs) examine the freight before it’s loaded onto the aircraft.

However, the UK government has not approved this procedure, and UK-bound cargo must be scanned in a third country, often done at airline hubs.

Nasir Ahmed ...