KATHMANDU, MAR 08 - The Tribhuvan International Airport resumed its normal operations on Saturday evening, four days after the Turkish Airlines A330 skidded off its runway, halting all international flights in and out of the country that left thousands of people stranded.
The TIA authority issued an all-clear an hour after the Turkish aircraft was finally towed away to the domestic parking area at 6:30pm.
The rescue team toiled for more than 50 hours to move it away from the runway, according to Birendra Kumar Shrestha, general manager at the TIA.
“After checking all necessary systems, we issued flying permission to the airmen.” The airport authority said that around 1,000 people were deployed to retrieve the disabled plane.
Nepal Airlines Airbus A320 was the first flight to be cleared for takeoff for its Kathmandu -Delhi route. The plane left for Delhi at 10:22pm. Another Nepal Airlines flight RA239 took off for Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur at 11:20 pm, while Oman Air flight was scheduled to leave at 3:30 am.
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