KATHMANDU, June 29: On Wednesday night, at 11:30PM, 140 passengers arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport for the Kathmandu-Dubai flight of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) under flight number 229.
However, due to maintenance work, one of the two narrow-body aircraft, with the registration number 9N-AKX, was unavailable. Meanwhile, two wide-body aircraft belonging to the corporation had returned to Kathmandu after completing flights to Bangkok and Delhi on the same night.
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Given the circumstances, the only available option was to utilize a wide-body aircraft with a seating capacity of 274. However, the flight was postponed when the management faced difficulties in arranging a pilot.
"As per the schedule, last night's 11:30 flight was rescheduled for 11:30AM today. However, due to the unavailability of senior captain Vijay Lama, who had gone to Chitlang, the flight was further delayed until the afternoon," stated an employee of the corporation.
Following the cancellation of the flight, passengers in Kathmandu and Dubai were provided accommodation in hotels. The flight is now scheduled for 1 o'clock, with 240 passengers for the Kathmandu-Dubai route and 180 passengers for the Dubai-Kathmandu route.
