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A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration TC-JOC performing flight TK-726 (dep Mar 3rd) from Istanbul (Turkey) to Kathmandu (Nepal) with 227 passengers and 11 crew, had aborted the first approach to Kathmandu's runway 02 and had gone around due to fog, positioned for a second approach to runway 02 and touched down on runway 02 at about 07:43L (01:58Z), but then veered left off the runway and came to a stop with all gear on soft ground, the nose gear collapsed. The crew initiated an evacuation of the aircraft via slides. 4 people received minor injuries in the evacuation.
"Kathmandu Air Traffic Control reported that the aircraft aborted the first approach about 1nm before touchdown when the crew could not see the runway. The aircraft was on a RNP approach at that time requiring a visibility of 900 meters, visibility at that time was 1000 meters. The aircraft subsequently initiated a second approach, while descending through about 1200 feet AGL ATC queried the crew whether they could see the runway but did not receive a reply, about 2-3 minutes later the crew radioed tower that they had veered off the runway and were on the shoulder of the runway. While the aircraft was on final approach the airport was suddenly covered with dense fog."
"La corsa di decollo è una metamorfosi, ecco una quantità di metallo che si trasforma in aeroplano per mezzo dell'aria. Ogni corsa di decollo è la nascita di un aeroplano" (Staccando l'ombra da terra - D. Del Giudice)
