File: Yeti Airlines aircraft at the Tribhuvan International AirportKathmandu, March 18
A Yeti Airlines plane en route to Bhairahawa from Kathmandu has made a ‘hard landing’ at the destination airport. Airport authorities say that the pilots of the plane averted a big accident.
The flight (9N AJC) was landing at the Gautam Budha Airport when its landing gear malfunctioned. The plane had departed at 16:40 hrs and was scheduled to land at Bhairahawa around 17:10
All 26 passengers and members of the cabin crew are safe, informed police. The airport had been closed for a while and flights diverted to Kathmandu.