Flights to and from Pokhara Airport affected as fuel tanker overturns near runway

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By Santosh Pokharel

POKHARA, May 31: Regular flights to and from Pokhara Airport are affected as a fuel tanker belonging to Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) overturned near the runway.

Regular flights of Yeti Air and Buddha Air headed to Pokhara from Kathmandu Airport have returned to Kathmandu as they could not land, said information officer of Pokhara Airport Devraj Subedi said. A crane has been brought to lift the overturned tanker from the runway.