Flight with 76 onboard makes emergency landing in Kathmandu after engine fire: Report

A Buddha Air flight carrying 76 people, including crew, made an emergency landing at Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal’s Kathmandu after a flame-out in its left engine.

The aircraft performed a VOR landing and safely returned to the airport. No injuries have been reported as of now.

Tribhuvan International Airport issued a statement in connection with the emergency landing.

This came two days after an Air India Express flight from Dubai made a precautionary landing at Kerala’s Karipur Airport on January 3 after its pilot suspected a failure in the hydraulic system. Flight IX344, which was bound for Karipur, was carrying 182 people, including six crew members.