Larger planes banned from Nepal’s airport
Larger aircraft have been banned from landing at Nepal’s international airport because of concerns over potholes on the runway.
Although small and medium-sized aircrafts can still land, planes weighing more than 196 tonnes are no longer allowed.
But officials said the ban would not affect aid efforts following last week’s earthquake.
More than 7,000 people are now reported to have died and more than 14,000 injured in the quake, which struck near Kathmandu.
On Friday, the EU envoy to Nepal, Rensje Teerink, said the whereabouts of 1,000 EU citizens was still unknown.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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