Poor Weather and Low Visibility Disrupt Flights at Tribhuvan International Airport

Kathmandu. Flight operations and landings at Tribhuvan International Airport have been affected due to bad weather and low visibility. Due to low visibility, some international flights have been diverted, and some aircraft have been held in the sky.

According to Tek Nath Sitaula, acting General Manager of Tribhuvan Airport, two Air India aircraft were diverted because they could not land due to low visibility. The diversion occurred because the minimum required visibility for those aircraft was not met.

Similarly, a China Southern aircraft from China and a wide-body aircraft from Nepal Airlines coming from Doha were held in the sky near Simara for some time. The Nepal Airlines aircraft remained on hold for more than half an hour.

Acting General Manager Sitaula informed that there was a problem with landing because the required visibility for some aircraft to land is 2200 meters, but it was only 2000 meters a short while ago. According to him, the Air India aircraft were diverted because they require higher visibility.

However, the airport office stated that as the weather gradually improved, visibility reached 2500 meters, and the aircraft that were on hold have started landing. Domestic flights were also affected for some time due to the bad weather.