Due to the damage of the back door of the plane, the narrow body of Nepal Airlines Corporation is flying with half of the seats empty.

After reaching Hong Kong from Kathmandu on Tuesday night, a problem was noticed in the fourth door on the left side of the narrow body ship named Sagarmatha named 'Four-L'. According to

corporation sources, an engineer from Heco Hong Kong, who provides technical assistance to the corporation at Hong Kong International Airport, stated that the slide attached to the door of the rear boarding gate cannot be used in an emergency and "allowed" the pilot to fly by keeping the 54 seats around it empty according to the rules.

The total passenger capacity of our narrowbody is 154. However, there was no problem as there were only 44 passengers in Hong Kong yesterday, said an official of the corporation, but on Wednesday afternoon, 32 passengers left Bangkok and came to Kathmandu. There were 132 passengers on that plane returning from Bangkok. Only 13 people were brought to Kathmandu. The remaining 29 people are kept in hotels.'  

If there is an immediate problem with any equipment or system in any aircraft, it is possible to use the Minimum Equipment List (MEL) authority to allow flight for a certain period of time. As AiHA cannot immediately stop any immediate problem in any flight, it can fly without temporary repairs on the condition of MEL approval from the aircraft manufacturing company and the regulatory body, so the corporation left 29 passengers in Bangkok and arrived in Kathmandu.

is divided into four types based on the severity of the maintenance period according to the Minimum Equipment List (MEL). Repairs related to very serious technical problems should be completed immediately before the next flight. In case of MEL of B list, it should be repaired within 10 days, C within 30 days and D within 90 days. The technician of the corporation said that the problem with the door is a category B MEL.

The ship has arrived in Kathmandu from Bangkok. The engineer is repairing the door', the spokesman of the corporation, Manoj Kumar Sah, said, 'Since the rear passenger door is damaged, the work of carrying passengers, catering, storing goods is being done through the other door, which is in the same level.' Spokesperson Sah said that in case of an emergency, the door cannot be used. Another narrow body aircraft named Lumbini with the

corporation has been grounded in Kathmandu for a week. The plane was flying with an engine leased from Israel's IAI company. However, after a problem was found in the alternator drive gear of that engine, a dispute has surfaced about whether the repair company will do the repair or the rental company will do it. Since that plane was not on the flight, the Everest plane was kept on the flight to Malaysia on Wednesday night. If the door is repaired, 126 passengers will be taken from Kathmandu. It will return from there with 150 passengers," said a source related to the maintenance. "If it is not done by Wednesday night, according to the MEL provision, it will have to fly with 54 seats empty. By doing this, more than 140 passengers will not be able to board the flight. The rest of the passengers have to be accommodated in the hotel at the corporation's own expense.