New Delhi: A Turkish Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing in Kolkata after the right engine caught fire minutes after taking off from Kathmandu airport on Wednesday. There were 236 people on board the plane, including 11 crew members. “Turkish Airlines flight number ‘THY-727’ caught fire in the right engine within four minutes of take-off.

The flight took off at 1:28 pm (local time),” Tribhuvan International Airport General Manager Teknath Sitaula told ANI. There were 236 passengers on board the plane. The director of Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport said a full emergency was declared for the Turkish Airlines flight traveling from Kathmandu to Istanbul.

The Turkish Airlines A330-303 aircraft is currently at Kolkata airport and undergoing investigation. The pilots turned the plane west of Kathmandu and shut down the right engine, leaving the plane airborne for about 10 minutes, the official said.

Tribhuvan International Airport was closed for about 15 minutes following the report.