A Boeing 737-900 from the the Malaysia-based airline Malindo Air sits idle after skidding off the runway at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday. The jet was speeding down the Tribhuvan International Airport runway when the pilots detected a problem and aborted takeoff, airport spokesman Prem Nath Thakur said. The jet skidded into grass and came to a halt in mud about 30 metres from the runway. The incident came one month after the crash of a US-Bangla Airways plane at Kathmandu airport, which killed 51 people. In March 2015, a Turkish Airlines jet skidded off the runway as it landed, forcing Tribhuvan Airport to close for four days.

Source: Bangkok Post April 20, 2018 07:07 UTC