Turkish Airlines plane catches fire at Nepal airport, passengers safe

KATHMANDU — 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. READ: Frontier Airlines plane fatally strikes person at Denver airport Bhul said the incident caused the closure of the airport’s only runway for […]...

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