The Buddha Air plane returned to Kathmandu immediately after taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday.

The aircraft, which had left for Bhadrapur this morning, returned to Kathmandu after witnessing a problem in one of the rear wheels.

Teknath Sitaula, spokesperson at the Civil Aviation Office in Tribhuvan International Airport, said that the plane returned to Kathmandu after witnessing a problem in one of the rear wheels.

The aircraft, which had left for Bhadrapur at 10: 43 am, returned to Kathmandu at 11:06 am.

There were 73 people including crew members on board the aircraft.

Earlier, a Tara Air aircraft with call sign 9N-AET, which had gone missing since Sunday, was found crashed on Monday morning. The wreckage of the aircraft was found scattered at Sanosware in Mustang district this morning.

There were 22 people including two German nationals, four Indians and 13 Nepali nationals on board the ill-fated aircraft when the incident occurred. No one survived the incident.