Construction Project Negligence Raises Flight Safety Concerns at Tribhuvan International Airport

Kathmandu. Serious questions are being raised about flight safety due to the negligence of the construction project being operated at Tribhuvan International Airport. Allegations have arisen from within the airport itself that the concerned bodies have not been able to effectively control the repeated incidents of construction project vehicles entering unauthorized areas such as the runway and other sensitive areas.

Currently, infrastructure construction work, including a parallel taxiway, is ongoing at the airport. On Asar 15, at 6:12 AM, when Jazeera Airways flight number 1539 was about one mile away from landing in Kathmandu, a tipper crossed the runway from the middle of the runway.