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Flydubai has been named the Best Low-Cost Airline serving the Middle East at this year’s Business Traveller Middle East Awards, as voted for by the public and readers of the magazine. Image courtesy Dubai Media Office Twitter handle. Image used for illustrative purpose.
KATHMANDU/DUBAI: A Flydubai flight from Kathmandu to Dubai experienced a bird strike during takeoff but is now heading to the United Arab Emirates, the company said on Monday.
Jagannath Niroula, spokesperson for Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said in a statement to Reuters an engine caught fire on the Flydubai Boeing 737-800 plane with 167 passengers on board, shortly after takeoff from Kathmandu and the fire had been brought under control.
"Flydubai flight number 576, (Boeing 737-800) Kathmandu to Dubai flight is normal now and proceeding to her destination Dubai as per the flight plan," the civil aviation authority said in a tweet.
The Flydubai spokesperson told Reuters the plane was scheduled to land in Dubai at 00:14 Dubai local time. (Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh, Akriti Sharma, Gopal Sharma, Sudipto Ganguly and Lisa Barrington; Editing by Susan Fenton and Barbara Lewis)
