Latest · Thursday, 22 October 2026

Bird strike on a Turkish Airlines plane shuts Kathmandu airport until 7:48 am

A pigeon hit a Turkish Airlines plane landing in Kathmandu on Wednesday morning, and the airport stayed shut until 7:48 am while the runway was cleaned. NEPSE was closed for Dashain and is due to reopen on Monday, October 26.

• A pigeon struck a Turkish Airlines plane landing at Tribhuvan International Airport at 6:36 am on Wednesday, and the airport was closed until 7:48 am, The Kathmandu Post and Kantipur reported.
• The runway clean-up dragged on because the staff assigned to it were on leave, both papers said.
• NEPSE did not trade on Wednesday, a Dashain holiday. Its last session, on Friday, October 16, closed at 2,634.17.