Nepal Airlines' narrowbody problem again, uncertain to bring to Nepal

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Nepal Airlines Corporation's narrowbody aircraft, which has been kept in Israel for 12 days for engine maintenance, has again encountered technical problems, and it is uncertain whether it will be brought to Nepal. Only on Sunday, Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Hit Bahadur Tamang was briefed by the managing corporation of Nepal Airlines Corporation that the plane sent to Israel on January 27 will arrive in Nepal on Monday. Minister Tamang said in a press conference that the corporation's ship is coming to Nepal in 12 days.

Nepal Airlines' narrowbody problem again, uncertain to bring to Nepal

"Our pilot in Israel has sent a message that he will not be able to come on Monday due to a technical problem in the ship," a source from the secretariat of the executive chairman of the corporation told Kantipur.

According to Devendra Pun, the technical spokesperson of the corporation, the ship was scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu from Israel via Dubai on Monday. 'Israel Aerospace Industries Limited Israel (IAI), which is repairing the ship in Israel, has not yet handed over the ship,' spokesman Pun said, 'it has not been confirmed that the ship will return to Nepal.' A problem has been observed in the 'alternate braking' of the prepared ship. The Israeli technicians have given the news to the technicians of the corporation there that they are looking for spare parts to replace it.

Nine N-Alpha Kilo X-ray callsign of that ship was sent to Israel Aerospace Industries Limited Israel (IAI) on January 27th after the right engine needed extensive repair. Before that, it was grounded at Tribhuvan International Airport for about one and a half months after the last flight on 13th November 080 due to an engine problem.

According to the finance department of the corporation, a neurobody does a daily business of up to 90 lakh rupees. This results in a profit of at least 10 lakh rupees. The corporation has lost business worth at least 91 crore rupees and at least 100 crore profit as this plane did not fly for 102 days . Besides its parking fees, maintenance fees during its stay in Israel have reached more than 50 million rupees . Regarding this, the officials of the corporation said that since the bill has not been received, it cannot be calculated immediately.

According to Tourism Minister Tamang, the executive chairman of the corporation said that the ship will arrive in 12 days. However, even after a month and a half of the minister's arrival, the ship sent for repair has not been brought to Nepal. According to the agreement made by the corporation with Israel Aerospace Industries Limited Israel (IAI), it should have been brought to Nepal in less than a month.