Tech snag forces passenger plane to makes emergency touchdown in western Nepal

A passenger plane en path to the mountainous district of Mustang made an emergency touchdown at Pokhara airport minutes after take-off on Sunday.

The choice to abort the flight was taken on account of a technical glitch within the engine (Photo: ANI)

A Summit Air passenger plane, whereas on its method to Mustang, made an emergency touchdown at Pokhara Airport in Nepal. The incident passed off within the wee hours of Sunday. The plane needed to make an emergency touchdown after it had taken off seven minutes again.

“The aircraft landed safely. An investigation is underway. All passengers are in good health,” an airport official advised ANI.

The plane landed safely with all of the occupants. Reportedly, a probe has been initiated into this incident.

Recently, an IndiGo Delhi-Udaipur flight was grounded on account of “engine vibration.” This was the second such incident final week when an plane returned to Delhi Airport on account of technical points.

The official mentioned the IndiGo flight from Delhi to Udaipur, operated by an A320 Neo plane, did an air turnback after there have been vibrations in engine 2.

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