There were a total of 278 passengers and 11 crew members on the flight, including some United Nations officials.

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The incident caused the runway to close for almost two hours in the morning, but it has since been reopened, said a spokesman ...

KATHMANDU - Eighteen dead bodies have been recovered after a plane crashed on Wednesday at the Tribhuvan International ...

Although the incident caused no reported injuries, it did force the Kathmandu airport to shut down.

Nepal’s only international aviation gateway, at Kathmandu airport, will cut night-time operation hours to allow construction of taxiways, and airlines have been told to curtail flights. This is ...

A Turkish Airlines jet caught fire while landing at Nepal’s main airport, causing no reported injuries but forcing the ...

Passengers wait for luggage upon arrival at the main international airport in Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images As Nepal tries to recover from the devastating earthquake ...

Passengers walk away from a Turkish Airlines plane after it skidded off the runway while landing at Kathmandu airport in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on March 4, 2015. Dikesh Malhotra/AFP/Getty ...

Nepal’s only international airport remained closed Friday after a passenger plane attempting to take off skidded off the runway. People gather near an aircraft belonging to Malindo Air that skidded ...