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Friday, April 20, 2018

Malaysian Plane Skids Off Runway in Nepal; Close Shave for 139 on Board Friday April 20,2018

All 139 people on board a Malaysian passenger plane had a miraculous escape when the Kuala Lumpur-bound flight skidded off the runway and got stuck in mud while attempting to take off from Nepal's only international airport in Kathmandu, officials said.

Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) was forced to halt all international flights after the incident involving Malindo Air jet late last night

There were 139 people, including four crew members, on board the aircraft, Boeing 737-900, registration 9M-LNJ. No casualty has been reported, the report said.

"The flight captain aborted take off at the final moment after he saw an error at the monitor inside the cockpit," TIA general manager Raj Kumar Chettri said quoting the captain.

The aircraft apparently could not stop because of the take off speed and load at the final moment and overran 50 metre south from the runway threshold and rested in a grassland at around 22:08 PM (local time)

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