04
Feb
Kolkata (Rajeev Sharma|): A Turkish Airlines flight travelling from Kathmandu to Istanbul was forced to make an emergency landing at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon after the pilot suspected a fire in one of the aircraft’s engines, airport officials said. The aircraft, carrying 236 passengers and 11 crew members, had taken off from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu when the pilot noticed a possible fire in the right engine within minutes of departure. As a precautionary measure, the engine was immediately shut down. Following the alert, the pilot contacted Kolkata air traffic control and…