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2 unusual facts about Tribhuvan International Airport


2010 Okhaldhunga Twin Otter crash

On December 15, 2010, a Tara Air de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed in Nepal shortly after take-off on a domestic passenger flight between Lamidanda Airport, Lamidanda, and Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu.

Indian Airlines Flight 814

Indian Airlines Flight 814 commonly known as IC 814 was an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 en route from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India on Friday, 24 December 1999, when it was hijacked.


Tribhuvan of Nepal

The international airport in Kathmandu, Tribhuvan International Airport,the oldest highway in Nepal Tribhuvan Highway, a city, Tribhuvannagar in Dang valley, and the country's largest university (Tribhuvan University) are named after him.


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