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The weather was not quite favourable for the flights on Friday so carriers were making use of every available weather window to take the passengers on board as quickly as possible and take off, the report said.
Nepal-based airline Buddha Air plane landed at an airport 250 miles from its intended destination due to a communications mix-up.
On December 18 Buddha Air flight from Kathmandu s Tribhuvan International Airport had been scheduled to land at the southern city of Janakpur, but instead travelled to the city of Pokhara, about 250 miles away.
The weather was not quite favourable for the flights on Friday so carriers were making use of every available weather window to take the passengers on board as quickly as possible and take off, the report said.
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Passengers onboard a flight in Nepal were literally taken for a ride when they landed at a destination which was over 250 km away from their intended place of arrival.
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KATHMANDU: Passengers bound for Nepal s Janakpur were in for a surprise after they ended up in Pokhara, 255 kilometres away from the actual destination, after a rare flight mix-up by a leading private carrier, according to a media report on Sunday.
The incident happened on Friday to 69 passengers travelling on Buddha Air, The Kathmandu Post reported.
The weather was not quite favourable for the flights on Friday so carriers were making use of every available weather window to take the passengers on board as quickly as possible and take off, the report said.