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Yeti Airlines plane overshoots runway in Bhairahawa
A Yeti Airlines aircraft has overshot runway while landing at Bhairahawa Airport on Saturday.
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Published at : September 24, 2016
Updated at : September 25, 2016 12:51
Kathmandu
A Yeti Airlines aircraft has overshot runway while landing at Bhairahawa Airport on Saturday.
Our Bhairahawa correspondent Madhav Dhungana said the plane with registration number 9N-AIB overshot and came to a rest on a grassy land at some 250 meters from the edge of the runway. All the 32 persons, including three crew members, onboard the British-made Jetstream 41 were unhurt in the incident.
The reason behind the mishap has not been known.
The plane had flown into Bhairahawa from Kathmandu.
The plane involved in the accident.
Pic via Aviation Safety Net
Plane crash photos Hemant Sagar KC/ Facebook
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