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A Buddha Air flight carrying 76 people, including four crew members, made an emergency landing at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday due to a flameout in its left engine. 

Tribhuvan International Airport confirmed that the aircraft, operating as flight BHA953, performed a VOR (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range) landing at 11:15 am after encountering the technical issue. The plane departed from TIA at 10:37 am en route to Chandragadi.

In a statement on X, Buddha Air clarified, "Flight number 953 from Kathmandu to Bhadrapur, with call sign 9N-AJS, was diverted back to Kathmandu after a technical issue was detected in the right engine. The aircraft safely landed at Tribhuvan International Airport at 11:15 AM.” 

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The airline added that its technical team is inspecting the aircraft and alternative arrangements are being made to transport passengers to Bhadrapur. The airport temporarily halted other operations to prioritise the emergency landing. Investigations are underway to identify the cause of the engine malfunction.

This incident follows a tragic plane crash involving a Jeju Air flight at Muan International Airport in South Korea on December 29, 2024. The Boeing 737-800, carrying 181 people, crashed while attempting to land, resulting in 179 fatalities. Officials described it as the worst aviation disaster involving a South Korean airline in nearly 30 years.

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The Jeju Air plane, painted in its signature white and orange livery, overshot the runway after skidding on its belly, colliding with a barrier, and erupting into flames. It departed from Bangkok, Thailand and was landing in Muan around 9 am local time.