Turkish Airlines Plane Catches Fire on Landing at Kathmandu Airport
Kathmandu. The wheels of a Turkish Airlines plane caught fire while landing at Tribhuvan International Airport.
The incident occurred when the plane with call sign TK726, which arrived in Kathmandu from Istanbul on Monday morning, was landing.
According to SP Rajkumar Silwal of the Airport Security Office, the fire was brought under control by the fire brigade immediately after the incident. 'All passengers were safe in the incident,' Silwal said.
He informed that the runway is currently closed and efforts are being made to move the plane towards the taxi-way. Silwal also informed that a technical inspection of the plane will be done after this.
Initial information received is that there were 278 passengers and 11 crew members on board the plane. SP Silwal said that United Nations diplomats were also on board the plane.
Earlier in 2071 BS, a Turkish Airlines plane had an accident blocking the runway. Although there were no human casualties, Tribhuvan International Airport was closed for 4 days.
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