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A Buddha Air craft overshot the runway portion landing astatine Nepal’s Bhadrapur Airport connected Friday night, but each passengers and unit escaped without injury, officials told PTI.
Flight 901, carrying 51 passengers and 4 unit members, had departed Kathmandu astatine 8:23 p.m. and was attempting to onshore astatine Bhadrapur astatine astir 9:08 p.m. erstwhile it skidded disconnected the runway.
According to airdrome officials, the craft overran the airstrip by astir 200 metres and came to a halt successful a grassy country adjacent a rivulet, sustaining insignificant damage.Tribhuvan International Airport spokesperson Rinji Sherpa said each those connected committee were safely evacuated soon aft the incident. Jhapa Chief District Officer Shivaram Gelal besides confirmed that nary injuries were reported.The craft was piloted by Sailesh Limbu and was the last formation connected the Kathmandu–Bhadrapur assemblage for the day, arsenic per the Kathmandu post. Buddha Air said it has dispatched a method squad from Kathmandu to measure the aircraft, which was scheduled to stay overnight astatine the airdrome earlier returning to the superior connected the archetypal formation the pursuing morning.
