One of the engines of the Fly Dubai plane exploded and then caught fire minutes after it took off from Kathmandu airport, in Nepal, towards Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
A Fly Dubai plane caught fire during take-off from Kathmandu airport.
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According to a company spokesman, the cause of the explosion was related to a bird that got into the engine during takeoff and caused a boom that drew the attention of residents of the Nepalese capital, some of whom managed to film the flames .
The pilot attempted another landing to rectify the problem, but after flying over Kathmandu for about half an hour, the flames were finally contained in the sky and he was cleared to continue his journey to his destination in Dubai .
A spokesman for Fly Dubai said the crew had followed “standard procedures” to bring the fire in one of the engines under control.
Source: DN
