The news text reports on a Turkish Airlines plane that caught fire while landing at Kathmandu airport on Monday, with no injuries to passengers and crew. The incident caused the closure of the airport's runway for almost two hours, but it has since been reopened. The aircraft's right landing gear was the cause of the fire due to a spark.
A Turkish Airlines plane carrying 277 passengers and 11 crew members caught fire while landing at Kathmandu airport Monday, but no one was hurt in the accident.
The flight, which took off from Istanbul, caught fire after there was a spark in the right landing gear, according to Gyanendra Bhul, a spokesman at Nepal's civil aviation authority.
'All aboard are safe, the rescue part is over. We are now investigating the accident,' Bhul told AFP. Bhul said the incident caused the closure of the airport's only runway for almost two hours in the morning but it has since been reopened.
'Technical inspections of the aircraft have been initiated by our teams. Initial assessments indicate that the smoke was caused by a technical malfunction in a hydraulic pipe,' Yahya Ustun, the airline's senior vice president, communications, said on social media platform X. The Himalayan nation is home to some of the world's most remote and tricky runways, flanked by snow-capped peaks and terrain that poses a challenge even for accomplished pilots.
A string of crashes as well as the European Union's decision to blacklist all Nepalese airlines prompted government officials last year to announce plans to install new radar and weather monitoring systems. In 2015, a Turkish Airlines aircraft with 224 passengers skidded off the Kathmandu runway. The passengers were unhurt but the accident led to a runway closure for four days and saw scores of international flights cancelled.
🚨 BIG BREAKING: Emergency Evacuation at Kathmandu Airport Turkish 🇹🇷 Airlines flight from Istanbul to Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵 forced to undergo an emergency evacuation after a tire burst during landing at Tribhuvan International Airport .
Key Details: • The Incident: A tire… pic.twitter.com/UMaX1DfPXC — Ananda Nepali May 11, 2026 A Turkish Airlines plane carrying 277 passengers and 11 crew members caught fire while landing at Kathmandu airport Monday, but no one was hurt in the accident The flight, which took off from Istanbul, caught fire after there was a spark in the right landing gear, according to Gyanendra Bhul, a spokesman at Nepal's civil aviation authority The Himalayan nation is home to some of the world's most remote and tricky runways, flanked by snow-capped peaks and terrain that poses a challenge even for accomplished pilots This is a breaking news story. More to follow
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