Close shave as Buddha Air plane carrying 55 veers off runway in Nepal

New Delhi (NDTV): A turboprop passenger aircraft of Buddha Air veered off the runway while landing in Nepal's Bhadrapur yesterday, the airline said.

The plane carried 51 passengers and four crew members; all are safe, the airline said. It came to Bhadrapur from the capital Kathmandu.

The flight No. 9N-AMF shows on trackers as an ATR 72-500 turboprop passenger aircraft.

The aircraft overshot the runway by some 200 metres off the ground near a rivulet, suffering minor damage during the incident.