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Air services to Kathmandu hit again as flights of Air India+SpiceJet+IndiGo failed to land

Apr. 26 Accidents, Economy, Travel, World Comments

[New Delhi] Air services to Kathmandu were hit again today as flights of Air India+SpiceJet+ IndiGo failed to land in the earthquake-hit Nepalese capital and returned as ATC personnel at Tribhuvan International Airport were evacuated following a powerful aftershock.
However, National Carrier Air India was able to operate two flight in the morning, one each from Delhi and Kolkata with 118 and 45 passengers on board.
Two powerful aftershocks today rattled Neighboring Nepal , adding to the misery of yesterday’s devastation in which the casualties soared to 2,200 people dead and over 5,600 others injured.
The two flights are back with 135 and 45 passengers,
Air India operates three services to Kathmandu including two daily services from the national capital. The Kolkata-Kathmandu-Kolkata flight is, however, operated four times a week.
Of the three regular services, Air India had operated only one flight yesterday, which had departed much before the massive earthquake had hit the land-locked country.
Besides Air India, other domestic carriers had also cancelled their services to Kathmandu.
A magnitude 6.7 aftershock shook the Kathmandu area of Nepal a day after the massive earthquake devastated the region, killing hundreds of people.

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