Goma Air plane makes emergency landing after bird-hit
Goma Air plane makes emergency landing after bird-hit
KATHMANDU: A Goma Airlines plane made an emergency landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday after a bird hit it soon after taking off.
The aircraft with the call sign 9N-AKZ had taken off for Lukla from Kathmandu when the bird hit the right wing of the plane at around 8:00 am today.
According to an official of the Goma Airlines, engineers are checking the aircraft.
All the passengers on board were safe, the official further informed.
Earlier on February 24, a Tara Twin-Otter plane crashed in Myagdi district in western Nepal, killing all 23, including three crew members and two children, on board.
Similarly, on February 26, An Air Kasthamandap plane bound to Jumla from Nepalgunj crash-landed in Chilkhaya of Kalikot of mid-western Nepal, killing two crew members and injuring nine passengers.
