‘Proper engine caught hearth’: Turkish Airways with 236 on board makes emergency touchdown in Kolkata | India Information

NEW DELHI: A Turkish Airways flight’s made an emergency touchdown in Kolkata after its proper engine caught hearth minutes after take-off from Kathmandu airport on Wednesday. The airplane had 236 individuals on board, together with 11 crew members.“The Turkish Airways with flight quantity ‘THY-727’ caught hearth inside 4 minutes of the take off, the precise engine caught hearth. The flight took off at 1:28 PM (Native Time),” Teknath Sitaula, common supervisor of Tribhuvan Worldwide Airport informed ANI.The pilot had alerted Kolkata air visitors management a few doable hearth in the precise engine, and the plane landed safely at 2.49pm with all 236 passengers on board.The director of Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Worldwide Airport mentioned a full emergency was declared for the Turkish Airways flight travelling from Kathmandu to Istanbul.The Turkish Airways A330-303 plane is presently at Kolkata Airport and a probe is underway.The official mentioned the pilots diverted the plane to the west of Kathmandu and shut down the precise engine, holding the airplane airborne for round 10 minutes. Following the report, Tribhuvan Worldwide Airport was shut for about quarter-hour.