Ground Report

Kathmandu December 25:A domestic twin otter NAC 9N-AVT of the Nepal Airlines Corporation(NAC) a national carrier crashed at the country’s only international airport, the Tribhuvan International Airport(TIA) in the capital Wednesday afternoon around 3.30pm. The 9N-AVT twin otter skidded off the runway as its co-pilot was trying to make a regular test flight. The TIA confirmed that the pilots YP Juharchan and U Silwal who were on board were slightly injured. Due to the accident flights at the airport were affected for an hour.