A Turkish Airlines jet caught fire while landing at Nepal's main airport on May 11, 2026, causing no reported injuries but forcing the airport to shut down. Passengers were safely evacuated, and the runway was reopened after investigations and technical inspections. The cause of the fire was a technical malfunction in a hydraulic pipe.
The incident caused the runway to close for almost two hours in the morning, but it has since been reopened, said a spokesman at Nepal 's civil aviation authority.
A Turkish Airlines aircraft is seen after passengers were safely evacuated and Nepal's main airport shut down, following a fire on the jet while landing in Kathmandu, on May 11, 2026. Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. KATHMANDU: A Turkish Airlines jet caught fire while landing at Nepal's main airport on Monday , causing no reported injuries but forcing the airport to shut down.
The flight from Istanbul landed at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport with fire and smoke on the right landing gear. Emergency crew responded and controlled the fire and passengers were safely evacuated, according to airport officials.
"Fire was visible during the landing. Investigations are ongoing. All passengers are safe," Gyanendra Bhul, a spokesman at Nepal's civil aviation authority, told AFP. Several planes bound for Kathmandu were put on hold while officials were investigating and attempting to clear the only runway available at the airport.
Bhul said the incident caused the runway to close for almost two hours in the morning, but it has since been reopened. Turkish Airlines said passengers were evacuated via emergency slides after"smoke was observed coming from the landing gear during taxi".
"A technical inspection of our aircraft has been initiated by our authorised teams," Yahya Ustun, a spokesman for Turkish Airlines, said in a post on social media. "Initial examinations indicate that the smoke was caused by a technical malfunction in a hydraulic pipe. "Nepal experiences relatively frequent plane crashes as its mountainous terrain and variable weather make flying conditions difficult.
In 2015, a Turkish Airlines jet landing in dense fog in Kathmandu skidded off a slippery runway, shutting down the airport for several days. We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with CNA to be fast, secure and the best it can possibly be.
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