New Delhi, May 11 -- Nepal's Kathmandu airport witnessed tense moments on Monday after the tyre of an arriving Turkish Airlines flight erupted in flames during landing. Authorities swiftly secured the aircraft and evacuated all passengers. No casualties were reported among the passengers.

A Turkish Airlines flight (TK726), arriving from Istanbul, experienced an emergency when its landing gear wheel caught fire upon touchdown at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.

According to an ANI report, citing the police, the fire was doused immediately, and all passengers have been evacuated.

"The Turkish Airlines TK 726 was en route to Kathmandu from Istanbul and the tyre had caught fire while landing," SP Rajkumar Silawal from the Airp...