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Turkish plane moved to Kathmandu airport runway
After being stuck in a grassy shoulder for more than 72 hours in the
Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA) in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, a
passenger jet of Turkish Airlines was finally moved to the runway on
Saturday morning.
The Airbus A-330 that skidded off the runway on
Wednesday morning has been removed from the grass area in the second
attempt after damaged wheels were replaced with the help of an Indian
removal kit, Xinhua reported.
At a press conference organized in
TIA premise in the morning, Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)
Director General Ratish Chandra Lal Suman said, "With the help of 12
technicians from India, the Nepal Army, the Nepal Police and other
professionals, we have been finally able to pull the aircraft into the
main runway."
The distance between the runway and grassy shoulder
where the front landing gear of aircraft collapsed and the plane
nose-dived was around 150 metres.
CAAN stated that measures were
underway to move the aircraft some 700 metres away from the main runway
to a secured parking area by Saturday afternoon.
Following the
clearance of runway, CAAN has informed that international flights were
likely to resume from 2 p.m. time on Saturday.