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Following a technical snag, with 82 people on board, a private airline’s flight had to make an emergency landing at the Gautam Buddha International Airport in Nepal's Lumbini province today after experiencing a technical problem.

 

All passengers and crew members were accounted as safe, according to airport officials.

 

The Kathmandu-bound Flight 222 of Sri Airlines took off from Dhangadhi of Sudur Pashchim province at around 10 am. It then faced a hydraulic failure mid-air and was diverted to Bhairahawa, where it landed safely at the Gautam Buddha Airport, officials said.

 

All 82 passengers and crew members on board are safe, and a replacement aircraft was sent from Kathmandu to pick them up.