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Turkish Airlines plane evacuated after tyre fire in Kathmandu

Dailydispatch · · 158 words · By Reuters Agency
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8 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A tyre on a Turkish Airlines plane caught on fire after it landed on Monday in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu”
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Multiple independent sources, including Reuters and Google News, confirm that a Turkish Airlines aircraft tyre caught fire upon landing in Kathmandu on a Monday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nepal: Turkish Airlines aircraft tyre catches fire while landing in Kathmandu, passengers evacuated safely. 3 hours ago.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, May 11 (Reuters) - A minor fire broke out on a tyre of a Turkish Airlines plane after it landed on Monday in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, authorities said, forcing the.
https://www.aol.com/articles/fire-breaks-turkish-airlines-fl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Turkish Airlines fire incident. Wartime IEDs haunt villagers. Nepali racer in Gymkhana circuit.According to Gyanendra Bhul, assistant spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the airpor…
https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/05/11/turkish-airlin…
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“forcing the closure of the airport for an hour”
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Reuters and Theherald report the airport was closed for an hour, while another source specifies 98 minutes, both confirming a temporary closure of the airport.
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web search NEUTRAL — KATHMANDU, May 11 (Reuters) - A minor fire broke out on a tyre of a Turkish Airlines plane after it landed on Monday in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, authorities said, forcing the closure of the airpo…
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/05/turkish-airline…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kathmandu. Flight operations at Tribhuvan International Airport resumed 98 minutes after the airport was shut down on Monday morning following an incident involving a Turkish Airlines aircraft.
https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/05/11/turkish-airlin…
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web search NEUTRAL — KATHMANDU: International flight operations at Tribhuvan International Airport were temporarily disrupted Sunday morning after a Turkish Airlines aircraft caught fire in its tyres upon landing, though …
https://thetourismtimes.com/news/aviation/turkish-airlines-j…
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“All 277 passengers and 11 crew on the Airbus A330 arriving from Istanbul were evacuated using the emergency exits”
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Multiple sources, including Reuters and Theherald, confirm the evacuation of 277 passengers and 11 crew members from an Airbus A330 arriving from Istanbul via emergency exits.
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web search NEUTRAL — All 277 passengers and 11 crew members on the Airbus A330 arriving from Istanbul were evacuated using the emergency exits following the fire, and nobody was injured, Mr Gyanendra Bhul, a Civil ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/turkish-airline…
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web search NEUTRAL — Officials said all 277 passengers and 11 crew members aboard the Airbus A330 arriving from Istanbul were safely evacuated using emergency exits after the fire was detected.
https://www.thefinance360.com/turkish-airlines-plane-evacuat…
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web search NEUTRAL — The incident temporarily disrupted airport operations and forced officials to suspend flights for nearly an hour as emergency teams responded to the situation. The Airbus A330, arriving from Istanbul,…
https://humenglish.com/latest/turkish-airlines-plane-catches…
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“no-one was injured”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that no injuries were reported during the evacuation.
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web search NEUTRAL — A previous incident in 2015 involved a Turkish Airlines aircraft, when another Airbus A330 skidded off the runway at Kathmandu during dense fog conditions. No injuries were reported in that earlier oc…
https://aviationtoday.in/incidents/turkish-airlines-suffers-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Turkish Airlines jet caught fire while landing at Nepal's main airport, causing no reported injuries but forcing the airport to shut down.
https://apnews.com/article/nepal-kathmandu-turkish-airlines-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Nepal's capital Kathmandu were evacuated on Monday after smoke was detected in the aircraft's landing gear while taxiing, the ...
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/turkish-airlines-passe…
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“The fire broke out in the right rear tyre of the aircraft”
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The specific detail that the fire broke out in the right rear tyre is confirmed by Reuters (via AOL) and Theherald.
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web search NEUTRAL — "The fire broke out in the right rear tyre of the aircraft...the fire was doused and the plane was towed to the taxiway...it is grounded," Bhul said. Turkish Airlines did not immediately respond to a …
https://www.aol.com/articles/fire-breaks-turkish-airlines-fl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Turkish Airlines fire incident. Wartime IEDs haunt villagers. Nepali racer in Gymkhana circuit.According to Gyanendra Bhul, assistant spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the airpor…
https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/05/11/turkish-airlin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Turkish Airlines aircraft caught fire on right tyres during landing at Tribhuvan Airport, passengers evacuated safely."The aircraft with call sign TK726 was en route to Kathmandu from Istanbul, and th…
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/video-turkish-airlines-plane…
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“The fire was doused and the plane was towed to the taxiway. It is grounded”
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Reuters (via AOL) confirms the fire was doused, the plane was towed to the taxiway, and it was grounded.
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web search NEUTRAL — The two aircraft had landed at Los Rodeos earlier that Sunday and were among a number of aircraft diverted to Los Rodeos due to a bomb explosion at their intended destination of Gran Canaria Airport. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster
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web search NEUTRAL — "The fire broke out in the right rear tyre of the aircraft...the fire was doused and the plane was towed to the taxiway...it is grounded," Bhul said. Turkish Airlines did not immediately respond to a …
https://www.aol.com/articles/fire-breaks-turkish-airlines-fl…
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web search NEUTRAL — A United Airlines flight aborted takeoff after the plane engine caught fire while on the taxiway at Chicago's O'Hare airport.Fire crews at the airport quickly responded, extinguishing the blaze and in…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/seattle-airplane-fire
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“Turkish Airlines said smoke was observed in the landing gear while taxiing”
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While the claim is phrased as part of the Kathmandu incident, the evidence shows this specific quote ('smoke was observed... while taxiing') and the spokesperson Enes Çakmak refer to a DIFFERENT incident involving a Boeing 777 at Antalya Airport, not the Airbus A330 in Kathmandu.
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web search NEUTRAL — “Smoke was observed emanating from the landing gear during taxiing, which was noticed by the air traffic controller and reported to the pilot,” Enes Çakmak, a leader of Turkey’s General Directorate of…
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/passengers-evacuated-smoke-spotted…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Turkish Airlines Boeing 777 was evacuated at Antalya Airport after smoke was seen coming from its landing gear while taxiing. The aircraft had arrived from Istanbul and was moving on the runway when…
https://ai.economictimes.com/news/new-updates/watch-smoke-tr…
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web search NEUTRAL — "Smoke was observed emanating from the landing gear during taxiing, which was noticed by the air traffic controller and reported to the pilot," stated Enes Çakmak, who leads Turkey's General Directora…
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/panic-at-tu…
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“Initial assessments indicate the smoke was caused by a technical malfunction in a hydraulic pipe”
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Similar to claim 6, the evidence regarding the 'hydraulic pipe' malfunction refers to the incident at Antalya Airport involving a Boeing 777, not the tyre fire incident in Kathmandu.
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web search NEUTRAL — “Initial examinations suggest the smoke was caused by a technical malfunction in a hydraulic pipe,” he said. The airline also announced that an additional flight had been scheduled for the return leg.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/turkish-airlines-passe…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Turkish Airlines Boeing 777 was evacuated after landing at Antalya Airport due to smoke observed in the landing gear.Initial findings indicate that the smoke was caused by a technical malfunction in…
https://simpleflying.com/turkish-airlines-boeing-777-evacuat…
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web search NEUTRAL — An initial inspection of the aircraft indicated that the smoke originated from a hydraulic pipe malfunction, Ustun said. Technical inspections of the aircraft were underway.
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-plane-evacuated-smoke-land…
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