Turkish Airlines Plane's Full Emergency Landing At Kolkata After Engine Failure In Fire; None Hurt
All the passengers and crew members on board were later evacuated safely. The THY727 aircraft (Type - A333, Registration - TCLNH) took off at 1.28 pm from Tribhuvan International Airport at Kathmandu: Reports
KOLKATA: A Turkish Airlines flight, carrying 236 passengers and 11 crew members to Istanbul, made a full emergency landing at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in the city on Wednesday after one of its engines caught fire and suffered failure following take-off from Nepal.
All the passengers and crew members on board were later evacuated safely. The THY727 aircraft (Type - A333, Registration - TCLNH) took off at 1.28 pm from Tribhuvan International Airport at Kathmandu. Its pilots however detected a fire in the right engine within four minutes.
They immediately shut down the affected engine and diverted the plane to the west of Kathmandu, keeping it airborne for 10 minutes. At 1.38 pm, the flight, declared ‘PAN PAN’, an international radio distress signal, due to the right engine on fire, requested to divert to Kolkata (VECC), the civil aviation ministry stated.
The widebody aircraft reported the fire under control at 1.51 pm while proceeding to NSCBI Airport with one engine failure. Meanwhile four fire engines and three ambulances with medical teams and security personnel were mobilised near the runway by the airport authorities.
The plane made a full emergency landing at 2.49 pm after its captain informed Kolkata Air Traffic Control about the fire and engine failure, NSCBI Airport director Vikram Singh said. He added, “The aircraft is at Kolkata airport now. An inspection is going on.”
