Earlier in the day, Nepal's Weather Forecasting Division issued a red alert for four continuous days, indicating 56 out of 77 districts are at high risk for heavy rainfall.
The plane, carrying two crew members and 17 technicians, was going for regular maintenance to Nepal's new Pokhara airport, which opened in January and is equipped with aircraft maintenance hangars.
The A320 aircraft of Nepal’s flag carrier landed safely at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) and technicians were examining the aircraft.
The Air India aircraft was descending from 19,000 ft while the Nepal Airlines aircraft was flying at an altitude of 15,000 ft at the same location.
The major revelation came nearly three weeks after a flight, ATR-72, crashed in Nepal's resort city of Pokhara, resulting in the killing of all 72 people, including crew members on board.
At least 70 of the 72 people aboard were killed, and officials believe the two missings are also dead. Rescuers combed through the debris, scattered down a 300-meter-deep gorge, for them.
Nepal plane crash UPDATES: Built in the backdrop of the pristine Annapurna Mountain Range, the airport was officially inaugurated on January 1, 2023. The flagship project was part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative cooperation.
Nepal plane crashes: Despite the recent growth of Nepal's air industry, which transports foreign trekkers and climbers as well as products and people to remote locations, it has a dismal safety record.
The aircraft that took off from Tribhuvan International Airport, returned after realising there was a problem with the plane's tyres, Nepal's MyRepublica news website cited the civil aviation office at the airport as saying.
It has been raining in the area for the past few days but flights have been operating normally. Planes on that route fly between mountains before landing in a valley.
The Nepal Airlines Corporation has been operating multiple numbers of international flights to bring back home Nepalis stranded in foreign countries. The infected pilots and crew members were part of the evacuation flights
Kathmandu: A total of 13 bodies were found at the site where a Nepal Airlines-owned Twin Otter plane crashed Sunday, an aviation official said Monday.The 9N-ABB plane, with 18 people aboard, went missing Sunday afternoon,
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