By Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU, Could 11 (Reuters) – A minor fireplace broke out on a tyre of a Turkish Airways airplane after it landed on Monday in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu, authorities stated, forcing the closure of the airport for an hour.
All 277 passengers and 11 crew on the Airbus A330 arriving from Istanbul have been evacuated utilizing the emergency exits following the hearth, and no one was injured, Gyanendra Bhul, a Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal spokesperson, informed Reuters.
“The fireplace broke out in the precise rear tyre of the plane…the hearth was doused and the airplane was towed to the taxiway…it’s grounded,” Bhul stated.
Turkish Airways didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
(Reporting by Gopal Sharma; Writing by Sakshi Dayal; Modifying by Clarence Fernandez and Jamie Freed)
