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Plane skids off Kathmandu airport runway, operations halted for 12 hours
Operations at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu have halted for around 12 hours after another incident.
Published : 2 Sept 2018, 07:35 PM
Updated : 2 Sept 2018, 07:35 PM
The airport in the Nepal capital resumed its normal operations on Sunday morning after a Yeti Airlines aircraft skidded off its runway, The Kathmandu Post reported.
The incident put brakes on all domestic and international flights at the airport.
The aircraft with registration mark 9N-AHW was carrying 21 passengers and three crew members from Nepalgunj to Kathmandu when it skidded off the runway on Saturday night.
No casualties have been reported but thousands of people were left stranded, according to the Post.
The lone international airport of the country, surrounded by hills, is known for difficulties to land and take off.
A US-Bangla Airlines plane from Dhaka crashed near the runway during landing at the airport on Mar 12, killing 51 passengers and crew members.
On Apr 19, a Malaysia-based Malindo Air plane skidded off the only runway with 139 people on board. No casualties were reported.
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