Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying 379 passengers departed for Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on October 22, despite recent Houthi attacks on the kingdom's airports.

Flight BG349 left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:21 am.

Shahnur Ahmed, spokesperson for Biman's Public Relations Department, confirmed the flight departed as scheduled. He said it operated only because permission had been granted and would not have taken off without authorization.

On October 21, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation confirmed a Houthi attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam killed one person and injured eight others, with injuries ranging from minor to serious.

Earlier that day, Saudi air defen...