Nepal's Shree Airlines has suspended all the flights on Sunday owing to technical problems on one of its Q400 (De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400) aircraft that was operating a Kathmandu-Dhangadhi flight on Saturday.
The carrier has apologized to the passengers affected by the Sunday show-down. However, the flight will be operated again from Monday, according to the airlines.
After the incident took place yesterday , the airline has taken the initiative to conduct a comprehensive technical inspection of all nine aircraft in its fleet.
Anil Manandhar, the spokesperson for Shree Airlines, stated that Sunday's flights have been canceled to facilitate the thorough inspection of all aircraft.
“The Q400 DHC–8 Dash 8 aircraft manufactured in Canada was technically considered to be a very safe aircraft. As the priority of this airline is to get the passengers to their destination safely, it was decided to suspend all the flights on Sunday and carry out a technical test of the aircraft,”
"During the flight to Dhangadhi on Saturday afternoon, a technical problem was detected. To prevent the recurrence of such issues, we are conducting a detailed inspection of all our aircraft," he added.
At 3:30 pm on Saturday, the company's turboprop aircraft, designated as 'Q-400,' successfully landed in Kathmandu after the aforementioned technical problem occurred.
Last month , Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal had grounded the Shree Airlines DHC-8-402 aircraft (9N-ANE) after the aircraft developed same defect of "Nose landing gear door open during taxi" at Dhangadhi Airport (DHI) on May 6, and at Gautam Buddha International Airport (BWA) on May 8.
During that time, the Concerned Maintenance engineers had been taken off roster for further investigation.
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