Buddha Air aircraft Overshoots Runway in Nepal, All Aboard Safe

All aboard are safe and have been evacuated. The aircraft took off from Kathmandu carrying around 50 passengers. 

It slipped off the ground while attempting to land at Bhadrapur airport



at around 9 pm, according to Tribhuvan International Airport spokesperson Rinji Sherpa. 

The airplane overshot the runway by some 200 metres off the ground near a rivulet, suffering minor damage during the incident. All the passengers are safe and have been evacuated from the site, Sherpa told media over the phone.