Jhapa Chief District Officer (CDO) Shivaram Gelal said that although the plane went off the runway, the passengers and crew are safe. However, the plane has been damaged.
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A Buddha Air plane skidded off the runway at Bhadrapur Airport in Koshi Province on Friday. According to initial information, the plane skidded and went slightly off the runway. Although the plane was damaged, it is said that there were no injuries to the passengers and crew.
Jhapa Chief District Officer (CDO) Shivaram Gelal said that although the plane went off the runway, the passengers and crew are safe. However, the plane has been damaged.
The plane had skidded a little off the runway during landing. It is reported that the Kathmandu-Bhadrapur flight number 901 reached the grass area due to an overrun.
The process of disembarking the passengers is currently underway. All passengers and crew members are safe.
According to Bhadrapur Airport Office Chief Kishore Kumar Khatri, rescue operations are currently underway. Flight number 901 took off from Kathmandu with 51 passengers.
According to Civil Aviation Authority spokesperson Gyanendra Bhul, according to initial information, 51 passengers are safe. No information has been received about the crew.
According to the Tribhuvan International Airport Terminal Office, the incident occurred around 9 am.
Buddha Air Director Rupesh Joshi said that initial information has been received that the plane was damaged due to mud and that all passengers and crew members are safe. He said that the reason for the plane skidding could be the weather.
This was Buddha's last flight. The plane will stay there overnight and return to Kathmandu on the first flight tomorrow morning.
The ATR from Kathmandu landed from a zero point on the runway and exited from point number 28 to the east. The length of the runway at this airport is 1,500 meters.
According to Bhadrapur Airport Chief Kishore Kumar Khatri, the plane reached about 150 meters before the last point of the runway. There was no damage to the physical infrastructure. He said that the plane stopped after reaching a water-filled gorge. As of 10 pm, passengers were being evacuated from the plane, and security personnel and airline employees were collecting the passengers' luggage.
It has not been decided whether the plane will take off tomorrow (Saturday) due to the skidding. Airport Chief Khatri said that the plane will be evacuated in coordination with the authority. He said that the extent of damage to the plane should be studied by Buddha's engineers.
