Kathmandu, May 11 -- Flight operations at Tribhuvan International Airport resumed 98 minutes after the airport was shut down on Monday morning following an incident involving a Turkish Airlines aircraft.

According to Gyanendra Bhul, assistant spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the airport was closed at 6:34am after a fire broke out in the aircraft's right main landing gear. Flight operations resumed at 8:12am.

During the incident, the airline's wide-body aircraft became stranded on Taxiway Bravo. Airport officials said around 30 percent of the aircraft remained on the runway while the remaining 70 percent was positioned on the taxiway, forcing authorities to halt all domestic and international flights.

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