Three air traffic controllers suspended
Air India, Nepal Airline planes narrowly miss mid-air collision
A major tragedy was averted on Friday when an Air India and a Nepal Airlines aircraft came close to collision mid-air but the warning systems alerted the pilots whose timely action prevented the disaster, authorities said here on Sunday. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has suspended three employees of the air traffic controller department for "carelessness", according to CAAN spokesperson Jagannath Niroula. On Friday morning, an Airbus A-320 aircraft of the Nepal Airlines coming to Kathmandu from Kua...
