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ATurkish Airlines flight of stairs travelling from capital of nepal to stamboul made an pinch landing place at the Kolkata airport on Wednesday.The flight, Turkish 727, landed at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport at around 2.49 pm, after the pilot informed the Kolkata ATC about a fire on the right engine of the aircraft.The plane, which had 236 passengers on board, is currently at the Kolkata airport and is undergoing an inspection, according to the NSCBI airport director.The incident also promoted an emergency at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, after the aircraft caught fire in the right engine immediately after takeoff, ANI news agency cited officials as saying.Also Read | Air India, Indigo plane wingtips collide: Blow-by-blow account of what happened at Mumbai Airport“The Turkish Airlines with flight number 'THY-727' caught fire within four minutes of the take off, the right engine caught fire. The flight took off at 1:28 PM (Local Time),” Teknath Sitaula, General Manager of Tribhuvan International Airport told ANI.At 1.38 pm (IST), the flight declared ‘Pan-Pan’, an international standard urgency signal relayed by pilots for a time-sensitive situation which does not pose an immediate threat.After the engine caught fire, the pilot diverted the aircraft west of Kathmandu and shut down the right engine, holding the aircraft for about 10 minutes, the official said. The flight reported at 1.51 pm (IST) that the fire was under control, and it was proceeding to Kolkata with one engine failure.“The pilot informed the Kathmandu tower and continued flying on a single engine, holding the aircraft for some time over the Dharke area of Dhading district, to assess the situation,” Gyanendra Bhul, deputy spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), told The Kathmandu Post.After checks, the crew concluded that the aircraft was not safe for a long-haul flight. While they had the option to return to Kathmandu or Bhairahawa, the pilots decided to not take any risk and diverted the flight to Kolkata, The Kathmandu Post reported.

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