Nepal's Shree Airlines will be unable to fly until the engine safety inspection is completed. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has directed the carrier to conduct thorough security checks of all their aircraft engines before they are allowed to resume flights.
Following the notification, Shree Airlines has ceased its operations or canceled a number of flights as of today , while according to a spokesperson for the CAAN, the decision to ground the planes was made after an incident on Thursday where one of the planes had to make an emergency landing due to a fire in its engine.
All the engines of the aircraft , those include two CRJ2 and four DHC84, will be examined to determine whether it is fit for flight. If they pass the test and are found to be qualified, the CAAN will grant them permission to fly.
Earlier on 08 March , Shree Airlines Dash 8 turboprop aircraft (9N-ANR) made an emergency landing after 'indication of fire' in the right engine, was on a scheduled flight from Kathmandu to Bhairahawa in southwest Nepal with 78 people,including the crew.
The aircraft that took off from Kathmandu to Bhairahawa caught fire on Thursday, and the plane was returned to Tribhuvan International Airport for an emergency landing.
However, the manager of the Shree Airlines, Anil Manandhar, is not very happy over delayed notice from the CAAN , as claimed by him , citing inconvenience caused to their passengers.
He argued that the passengers of the Shree Airlines suffered today because of the delayed notice of the CAAN.
"The airline was scheduled to make 14 flights on Friday, and three of them have already been canceled," he said.
