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| Nepal Travel Book |
It is to inform all that all passengers have been safe after an Airbus A330 aircraft belonging to Turkish Airlines crash-landed at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) after the plane missed the runway central line while landing at around 7:45 early Wednesday morning. No passengers on the flight, THY726 were seriously hurt in the incident but some were given medical attention after evacuation. According to Air Traffic Controller at TIA, the Turkish Flight 726 inbound from Istanbul missed the runway central alignment and landed in between the TIA runway and taxiway that forced the aircraft to skid on a grassy land.
There were 224 passengers who were evacuated through the emergency doors.
We wish to thank pilots of the plane who took right decision and averted the disaster.
