Created Wednesday, Feb 4th 2026 20:19Z, last updated Wednesday, Feb 4th 2026 20:19Z
A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration TC-LNG performing flight
TK-727 from Kathmandu (Nepal) to Istanbul (Turkey) with 236 passengers and 11 crew, was climbing out of Kathmandu's runway 20 when the crew stopped the climb at 10,000 feet and entered a hold. About 15 minutes later the crew decided to divert to Kolkata (India), climbed to FL200 and landed safely on Kolkata's runway 01R about 85 minutes after entering the hold at Kathmandu.
India's Ministry for Civil Aviation reported, the crew declared PAN PAN due to a fire indication for the right hand engine (CF6) about 10 minutes after takeoff, the fire was brought under control 13 minutes thereafter. The aircraft diverted to Kolkata and landed on single engine. No injuries occurred.
The airline reported the crew received a technical warning related to the right hand engine.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Kolkata about 10 hours after landing.
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