An aircraft of Yeti Air that took off from Pokhara for Kathmandu returned to Pokhara after the plane’s engine encountered failure on Friday.

According to Dev Raj Subedi, Information Officer at the airport, the aircraft, which took off at 8:55 am today, gave an indication of engine failure as soon as it left the runway.

There were 45 passengers on board the aircraft with call sign 9N ANG.

Subedi said that the aircraft returned to Pokhara six minutes after taking off from the airport.