KATHMANDU, March 9 (Reuters) – A Shree Airways Sprint 8 turboprop made a protected emergency touchdown in Nepal on Thursday after an “indication of fireside” in one among its engines, officers stated, in a rustic on heightened alert over aviation protection after a dangerous ATR 72 crash in January.

The Shree Airways aircraft used to be on a scheduled flight from Kathmandu to Bhairahawa in southwest Nepal with 78 folks, together with the workforce, on board.

“The pilot reported a sign of fireside in the precise engine and the aircraft used to be diverted to Kathmandu straight away,” Shree Airways spokesperson Anil Manandhar instructed Reuters.

Jagannath Niroula, a spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), stated the aircraft landed safely in Kathmandu and all passengers and workforce had been protected.

“There used to be no indication of any fireplace when it landed,” Niroula stated.

Mountainous Nepal, house to 8 of the arena’s 14 best peaks, together with Mount Everest, has a historical past of common air crashes. A lot of them are blamed on tough terrain and unexpected exchange in climate stipulations.

In January, an ATR 72 airplane owned through Yeti Airways wearing 72 folks crashed in excellent climate ahead of its scheduled touchdown within the vacationer the town of Pokhara, 125 km (79 miles) west of Kathmandu.

Rescuers have to this point recovered 71 our bodies with one individual nonetheless lacking and presumed lifeless.

Some of the aircraft’s pilots stated ahead of the Yeti Airways crash that there used to be no energy from the airplane’s engines, a initial record stated closing month.

Reporting through Gopal Sharma; Enhancing through Sudipto Ganguly and Jamie Freed

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