Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the authorities concerned to ensure safe flying and maintenance of the aircrafts in order for bringing down occurrence of airplane accidents, describing flight operating as a highly technical profession.
“You all must ensure utmost care for safe flying and maintenance of the aircrafts purchased by hard-earned revenue and foreign currency,” she said while speaking as the chief guest at the closing ceremony of three-day 6th seminar on “International Flight Safety” at a city hotel in Dhaka on Wednesday (Oct 23).
Mentioning that there is no alternative to professional skills and honesty to this end, the premier said: “Operating airplane is highly technical profession in which expertise is a must. This professionalism brings confidence for people concerned and simultaneously brings glory and honor for the organisations.”
The premier expected that the participants of local-foreign as well as military-civil agencies with their rich experience and knowledge gathered from the seminar would be able to identify different challenges for improving flight safety standards which help to curb airplane accidents.
“Our national agencies have been benefitted from the opinion exchange programme, which would greatly help them to ensure flight safety in our country,” she opined.
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) and Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) jointly organised the seminar.
The theme of the sixth “International Flight Safety” seminar is “Team effort can ensure Team Safety”.
Participants of 16 Air Forces from different countries of four continents and representative from International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) took part in the seminar.
Representatives from USA, Italy, China, Malaysia, India, Turkey, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman, Morocco, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh took part in the seminar.
The premier earlier distributed certificates among speakers of the seminar. Speakers from Bangladesh, India, Italy, Nigeria, Malaysia and representatives from International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) were provided with the certificates. State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism was present on the dais while Chief of the Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat, Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Air Vice Marshall M Mafidur Rahman and Director of Flight Safety at Bangladesh Air Force Air Commodore Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman spoke on the occasion.
The prime minister later visited pavilions of local and international airways and Bangladesh Air Force.