A Kuala Lumpur-bound Malindo Air flight suffered a runway excursion on Thursday night after an aborted takeoff in Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, forcing the airport to halt all international flights. There were 139 people, including 7 crew members, on board the aircraft. No casulty has been reported.

The Boeing 737-900, registration 9M-LNJ, was cleared for takeoff from runway (02).  "The flight captain aborted takeoff at the final moment after he saw an error at the monitor inside the cockpit," said Raj Kumar Chettri, general manager of TIA, quoting the captain.

The aircraft apparantly couldn't stop because of the take-off speed and load at the final moment and overran 50m south (Koteshwor side) from the runway threshold and rested in a grassland at around 22:08 pm (local time), Chettri said. The runway was closed following the incident. However, the aircraft has not suffered any damage but the front tyre has been stuck in the mud.

"We are trying to tow the aicraft. It will be removed by 12pm if things go as planned," said Chettri. 

The domestic flights will not be affected. However, the runway has been shut for all international aircraft. The cause for emergency has not been ascertained.

In March 2015, a Turkish Airlines aircraft also suffered a runway excursion during landing at TIA that had closed the country's sole international airport for four days creating chaos among travellers.