Malindo Air plane skids off runway at Kathmandu airport


PETALING JAYA: A Malindo Air flight overran the runway just before take-off at an airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday (April 19) night.

In a statement released on Friday (April 20), Malindo Air confirmed that its aircraft that was bound for Kuala Lumpur had overrun the runway at Tribuvan International Airport.

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