International flights have been postponed

International flights have been postponed till 10 a.m. tomorrow morning due to the failure in removal of the Turkish Airlines craft which met with a near accident at Tribhuvan International Airport. Prior to this Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal had informed of resumption of international flights from today evening. With efforts made to remove the aircraft through out the day resulting in no success, TIA Civial Aviation Office informed that the international flights were to resume only after 10 a.m. tomorrow morning. The front tyre of the aircraft of Turkish Airlines has been stuck in the grassy field of the Airport since Wednesday. Sources from the Airport have informed that efforts were being made to remove the tyre using various technologies. Earlier today, an aircraft from India brought in required technology and specialists to remove the stuck airplane from the site of incidence. Specialists and technology were brought in from India due to the failure of efforts made by Nepali team yesterday. A total of 80 international flights have been obstructed due to the incident at the runway. It has been speculated that a total of 20,000 passengers have suffered from the same. Airbus A-320 of Turkish Airlines traveling from Istanbul of Turkey to Kathmandu avoided a fatal accident while landing at TIA, however, few impacts were seen in the aircraft.

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