The engine of the Turkish Airlines flight from Kathmandu caught fire
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Media Baaji
- Wed, 4 February 2026
Kathmandu. One of the engines of the Turkish Airlines plane flying from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport to Istanbul, Turkey, caught fire. The plane tried to return after a problem was noticed shortly after take off.
After hovering in the sky of Kathmandu for a while, the plane took permission to land in Kolkata and went there. According to airport sources, the problem was noticed after taking off from the airport.
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