Emergency Declared On Board Airbus A330 En Route To Istanbul
A Turkish Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Istanbul was forced to divert to Kolkata after a fire broke out in its right engine mid-air. The Airbus A330-303, with 236 people on board, safely landed in Kolkata after the crew turned off the affected engine. According to India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation, the diversion was made after the crew reported the engine fire, and the aircraft had enough fuel to stay in the air for several additional hours. The incident was reported by AeroTime.