A Nepal Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration 9N-AKW performing repatriation flight RA-2291 from Kathmandu (Nepal) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates), was climbing out of Kathmandu's runway 20 when the crew received a cargo door indication, stopped the climb at FL240 and returned to Kathmandu for a safe landing on runway 02 about 45 minutes after departure.
A replacement A320-200 registration 9N-AKX reached Dubai with a delay of 2.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kathmandu about 23 hours after landing back.