A Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) aircraft force landed in a remote mountainous airstrip on Monday morning after it was unable to land in Faplu airport of remote Solukhombu district. All sixteen passengers on board and the crew are said to be safe.
The 9ABX Twin Otter aircraft that left for Phaplu of Solukhombu from Kathmandu at around 11 am couldn't land in the mountainous airport due to windy weather.
It was then diverted to the nearby Kangel airport where the pilots just managed to do a difficult forced landing as the weather there too was bad.
Reports say that the aircraft has suffered minor damage in the process.
Another Twin Otter aircraft belonging to NAC reached the Kangel airstrip in the afternoon and rescued the passengers
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