Fuel tanker capsizes near runway at Nepal’s Pokhara airport
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- The tanker was carrying fuel from Nepal Oil Corporation at the time of the accident.
- A spokesperson said flight services would be disrupted for some time.
- “Despite the fuel being dropped, there is no damage,” he said.
Flight operations were disrupted at Nepal’s Pokhara airport on Tuesday after a fuel tanker overturned near the runway. According to the information, the tanker was carrying fuel from Nepal Oil Corporation at the time of the accident.
Pokhara airport spokesperson Devraj Subedi said flight services would be disrupted for sometime after the fuel tanker overturned near the runway and spilled fuel.
“Despite the fuel being dropped, there is no damage,” Subedi said.
Subedi said Yeti Air and Buddha Air flights from Kathmandu airport to Pokhara have returned to Kathmandu as they could not land.
A crane has been called to lift the overturned tanker near the runway.
Pokhara was in news when 22 people, including 4 Indians, were killed in a Tara Air passenger plane, minutes after the plane took off from the airport on Sunday.
(with inputs from PTI)
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