Information about fire in the plane going to Dubai came to light, then the plane moved towards its destination
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Sources said the Dubai-bound flydubai flight returned after reporting an engine failure and circled in the sky at Dharke. The pilots later told the control tower that they would proceed after all indicators were found to be normal.
A Dubai-bound flight on Monday reported an engine failure soon after it took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport here. There were more than 160 persons on board the aircraft. Airport sources gave this information. Sources said the Dubai-bound flydubai flight returned after reporting an engine failure and circled in the sky at Dharke. The pilots later told the control tower that they would proceed after all indicators were found to be normal.
A private television news channel quoted the deputy director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal as saying, “After encountering the problem, the engine of the aircraft was shut down for some time and now it is proceeding towards the destination without landing at Kathmandu airport.” The plane had taken off from the Tribhuvan International Airport at 9.20 am. Sudan Kirati, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, wrote on his Facebook account that the flydubai plane was flying safely to its destination and urged everyone not to worry.
According to an unofficial report, the pilot of the plane decided to proceed with one engine after it developed an engine problem. Earlier there was news that preparations are being made for emergency landing of Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the airport here. There are over 160 people on board the aircraft including 50 Nepali passengers. Eyewitnesses claimed that they saw the plane on fire in the sky of Kathmandu. According to sources, fire engines were put on alert at the airport. Pratap Babu Tiwari, general manager of Tribhuvan International Airport, said that the airport has now resumed its operations.
In a tweet, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) said, flydubai flight number 576 (Boeing 737-800) flight from Kathmandu to Dubai is still normal and the flight is proceeding to its destination Dubai as per the plan. “Operations at Kathmandu airport are normal since 9:59 pm local time,” CAAN said.
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