May 8: A Shree Airlines aircraft en route to Kathmandu from Bhairahawa flew back to the Bhairahawa airport due to technical issues during the flight on Monday.
The 80-seater S-8 aircraft with flight number SHA 822 had to return back and make an emergency landing due to the technical issue. The aircraft took off from the Gautam Buddha Airport at around 9:40 am flew 20 miles when the crew members noticed the problem.
According to Spokesperson of Tribhuvan International Airport, Teknath Niraula, there was an issue with the landing gear of the craft.
“The landing gear got stuck in the ground during the landing and was taken out following a maintenance. The flight has been already resumed,” said Niraula. -- RSS