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Turkish plane skids off runway at Kathmandu airport, passengers safe

  •   Wed, Mar 04 2015 01:55:55 PM

Kathmandu, March 4 (IANS): A Turkish Airlines plane skidded off the runway while landing at the Nepal's Tribhuwan International Airport on Wednesday, airport officials told Xinhua.

Airport general manager Birendra Shrestha said all 227 passengers on board flight TK 726 are safe. "There are no human casualties."

All passengers and crew were rescued from the emergency exit after the nose cone of the plane touched the runway when landing at 8 a.m..

Officials said the plane touched the runway in poor visibility conditions.

Several domestic and international flights were affected due to heavy fog in the Nepal's only international airport following incessant rainfall over the past three days.

 
  

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