THY A333 at Kathmandu on May 11th 2026, brakes fire during turn off

Last Update: May 13, 2026 / 13:43:55 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 11, 2026

Classification
Accident

Airline
THY Turkish Airlines

Departure
Istanbul, Turkey

Destination
Kathmandu, Nepal

Aircraft Registration
TC-JNP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration TC-JNP pereforming flight TK-726 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Kathmandu (Nepal) with 277 passengers and 11 crew, landed on Kathmandu's runway 02, rolled out and was about to turn off via high speed turn off B when smoke was seen from the landing gear. The aircraft stopped on the turn off, not yet clear of the runway, and was evacuated via slides. 2 people received minor injuries as result of the evacuation. The runway needed to be closed for about 100 minutes.

Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority reported a fire broke out in the right main landing gear.

The airport reported about 30 percent of the aircraft were clear of the runway, 70% of the aircraft were still within the runway area forcing to halt all flight operations.

The airline reported preliminary assessment of the aircraft indicates the smoke was caused by a technical malfunction in a hydraulic pipe.

The return flight TK-727 was cancelled.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 11, 2026

Classification
Accident

Airline
THY Turkish Airlines

Departure
Istanbul, Turkey

Destination
Kathmandu, Nepal

Aircraft Registration
TC-JNP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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