Kolkata: A Turkish Airlines Kathmandu-Istanbul flight made an emergency landing at Kolkata airport after an issue encountered in one of its engines, on Wednesday.
The Turkish Airlines plane 727 had departed from Kathmandu and was bound for Istanbul. While the plane was in Kolkata’s airspace, the pilot observed an issue in one of its engines.
The pilot immediately contacted Kolkata ATC and, after receiving clearance, made an emergency landing.
A repair work on the aircraft is currently underway, and the passengers are safe and waiting for next directions.
The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) confirmed the incident and said that the Turkish airlines flight landed with one engine failure.
What Pilot Alerted Kolkata ATC
The wide-body plane made an emergency landing at Kolkata Airport after the pilot declared a fire in the aircraft’s right engine, the Civil Aviation Ministry said.
The Airbus A330-300 having flight number THY 727 took off from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport with 236 passengers on board, including 11 crew members, around 1.15 pm. The pilot reported the malfunction in one of the two engines during the climb, an official said.
“The flight declared PAN PAN, an international radio distress signal, due to the right engine on fire and requested to divert to Kolkata at 1.38 pm with one engine failure,” the ministry statement said.
The plane landed at NSCBI Airport with full emergency shortly after 2.30 pm, while the fire in the engine was brought under control at 1.51 pm, it added, indicating that the flames were doused during the flight itself.
Officials at the NSCBI international airport said no reports of injury to passengers were received.
Modern multi-engine jets are engineered to fly, climb, and land safely with only one engine operating, an airport official said.
They are also equipped with sophisticated, built-in fire detection and extinguishing systems designed to control and suppress fires in critical areas, he added.
With inputs from PTI
