Nepal Airlines RA206 A320 at Kathmandu, burst tyre on landing, wheel separated

A Nepal Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration 9N-AKX performing flight RA-206 from Delhi (India) to Kathmandu (Nepal) with 150 passengers and 8 crew, landed on Kathmandu's runway 02 but burst the #2 tyre (inboard left main tyre) during landing, the wheel subsequently separated from the landing gear. Tower alerted the crew to a gear problem, the aircraft slowed safely and stopped on the runway. 

The passengers disembarked onto the runway and were taken to the terminal. The aircraft was towed to the apron. The runway was closed for about one hour as result.

Nepal's media reported tower alerted the crew that the #2 wheel had detached.

The Air Traffic Controller later reported that the aircraft burst the inner left hand main tyre on landing, during the end of the roll out the wheel rim separated and the wheel rolled behind the landing gear.

The airline reported they needed to attach another wheel prior to the aircraft being towed to the apron.

The Aviation Herald

Nepal Airlines RA218 A320 returned to Delhi, flaps and autopilot problems

A Nepal Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration 9N-AKW performing flight RA-218 from Delhi (India) to Kathmandu (Nepal) with 152 passengers and 8 crew, was climbing out of Delhi's runway 28 when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet reporting they had problems with the flaps and could not retract them, the flaps were locked, in addition they had a problem with the autopilot. The aircraft entered a hold for about 20 minutes while the crew was working the related checklists, then positioned for a safe landing on runway 28 at a higher than normal speed (about 160 knots over ground) about 35 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Delhi about 31 hours after landing.

The Aviation Herald

Nepal Airlines resumes Kathmandu-Dubai service from 18 August

Nepal Airlines later this month will resume operations to the United Arab Emirates, as the airline recently opened reservation for Kathmandu – Dubai service. From 18AUG16, the airline will operate Airbus A320 aircraft on this route, 3 times a week. Based on the OAG Schedules Analyser data, the airline last served this route in October 2013.

RA229 KTM2330 – 0255+1DXB 320 247
RA230 DXB0410 – 1010KTM 320 135

Routesonline

Nepal A320 at Kathmandu on Jul 7th 2016, bird strike

A Nepal Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration 9N-AKX performing flight RA-409 from Kathmandu (Nepal) to Hong Kong (China) with 59 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Kathmandu when the right hand engine (V2527) ingested a bird prompting the crew to abort the flight and return to Kathmandu for a safe landing.

A replacement A320-200 registration 9N-AKW reached Hong Kong with a delay of 4 hours.

Incident: Nepal A320 at Kathmandu on Jul 7th 2016, bird strike