This Airline in Nepal Flew Passengers to the Wrong Airport Rachel Chang
When the 69 passengers aboard Buddha Air’s flight U4505 landed in Pokhara, Nepal, last Friday, they were shocked. After all, when they boarded the flight at Kathmandu s Tribhuvan International Airport, they had expected to fly to Janakpur the exact opposite direction from the capital,
Janakpur is normally a 30-minute flight southeast from Kathmandu, while Pokhara is about a 30-minute flight northwest. The cities are about 158 miles apart.
The local paper reported that there was “a lot of hustle and bustle at the domestic terminal” that day, paired with a “breezy afternoon” where the “weather was not quite favorable for the flights,” causing delays.
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When the 69 passengers aboard Buddha Air’s flight U4505 landed in Pokhara, Nepal, last Friday, they were shocked. After all, when they boarded the flight at Kathmandu s Tribhuvan International Airport, they had expected to fly to Janakpur the exact opposite direction from the capital,
Janakpur is normally a 30-minute flight southeast from Kathmandu, while Pokhara is about a 30-minute flight northwest. The cities are about 158 miles apart.
The local paper reported that there was “a lot of hustle and bustle at the domestic terminal” that day, paired with a “breezy afternoon” where the “weather was not quite favorable for the flights,” causing delays.