KATHMANDU, Jan 17: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati has said that 23 remote airports of the country will be put into operation at full capacity. For this, he has announced that the number of small aircraft will be increased to half a dozen to increase the capacity of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: All aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) that conduct international flights have come into operation.

KATHMANDU, May10: Aircraft approaching the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) are facing problems in landing due to strong gusts of wind at the airport.

KATHMANDU, March 18: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has initiated necessary homework to add aircrafts in its fleets.

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: Strong gusts of wind at the Tribhuvan International Airport has forced two international aircraft to make rounds in the air as they are unable to land in the current situation at the airport.

The scare created by a coffee spill in the cockpit happens to be the interesting story for this week. Two A350s experienced uncommanded in-flight shutdown of one of the engines after spillage on the centre pedestal that housed “start and control” engine functions. Happening within three months, the resulting shutdown came after some 15 minutes for Delta Airlines (US/Jan, 2020) and an hour for Asiana (SKorea / Nov, 2019). Both cases were investigated by Airbus, following which European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved the temporary revision in the manual making cockpit a “liquid prohibited zone”. The drastic step was necessary as the spill could have also affected the other running engine.

Not being able to find proofs of something that had definitely happened is quite frustrating. I had encountered the same as mentioned in my previous piece. This time I was looking for details of a helicopter accident on TIA runway that had resulted in several hours of airport closure.

Most find it baffling as how aircrafts fly long distances, safely and amidst crisscrossing traffic—seemingly under no control. If that was so, it would have resulted in frequent collisions or other types of midair calamities typically reflecting Kathmandu traffic scene where lack of patience rules supreme. It is not that drivers do not know the rules.

KATHMANDU, July 22: Nepali private carrier Yeti Airlines has introduced two ATR 72-500 turboprops.

MUGU, Jan 11: An aircraft of Goma Air that had flown from Nepalgunj with 15 passengers on board averted an accident at the Rara-based Talcha Airport on Wednesday though one of its tires flattened while landing.