A Turkish Airlines wide-body jet flying from Kathmandu to Istanbul made a full emergency landing at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport on Wednesday after the captain reported a possible fire on the aircraft’s right engine.
The Turkish Airlines jet landed at Kolkata Airport at 2:49 p.m. local time with 236 passengers on board, said the airport director. The aircraft remained at the airport as inspectors continued to examine it, reported news agency ANI.
India’s Civil Aviation Ministry later said the pilot of Turkish Airlines Flight 727 reported a fire in the right engine while the aircraft was climbing after departure from Kathmandu, reported news agency Press Trust of India.
The Turkish Airlines jet took off from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport at 1:15 p.m. with 236 passengers and 11 crew members on board, PTI reported.
According to the Civil Aviation Ministry, the flight crew reported that one of the two engines had failed and requested a diversion to Kolkata. PTI said the crew sent out a “PAN PAN” international radio distress message at 1:38 p.m. to report the engine failure.
PTI reported that the fire in Turkish Airlines Flight 727 was brought under control at 1:51 p.m., indicating that the flames were suppressed while the aircraft was still airborne.
An airport official told PTI that modern multi-engine aircraft are designed to fly and land safely on a single engine and are equipped with built-in fire detection and extinguishing systems.
The diversion follows a separate Kathmandu departure last month involving the same flight number. According to Onlinekhabar, Turkish Airlines Flight 727 was forced to return to Kathmandu Airport after the crew detected a technical problem. The aircraft landed on the runway and later returned to its parking bay.
Turkish Airlines and airport authorities have not publicly detailed what triggered Wednesday’s right-engine warning.
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