The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has barred Flydubai Nepal chief and station manager from entering Tribhuvan International Airport for spreading false information about the Flydubai flight. On Monday, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft with 167 passengers on board flying to Dubai from Kathmandu was preparing to come back to Kathmandu for forced landing after it witnessed a technical glitch in one of the engines. The plane headed towards its destination after holding in the Nepali sky for a few minutes.

The aircraft landed safely at the Dubai International Airport on Monday night itself.

The authority, however, concluded that the Flydubai Nepal chief had given false information to the headquarters. Though they had informed the headquarters that the flight experienced a bird strike during take off, the basis for the same was not found, Gyanendra Bhul, Assistant Spokesperson at the CAAN said. He said that a two-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident. The committee comprising an engineer and a pilot will prepare a detailed report about the incident. Bhul said that the FlyDubai aircraft has been grounded in Dubai. “The plane has been grounded in Dubai. The aircraft will be grounded until the investigation concludes,” he said. The CAAN has taken the incident seriously and an investigation will be launched to find out the truth, he said.