Flights in Tenzing-Hillary Airport disrupted for 8 days

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Solukhumbu, Aug 16: Flights to and from Tenzing-Hillary Airport at Lukla in Solukhumbu district have been disrupted for the past eight days, leaving hundreds of tourists stranded.
The adverse weather is reasoned for the disruption of the flights operation at the airport. Thick fog has shrouded the Airport area for the past eight days following the incessant rainfall, said Chief of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CIAA), Lukla, Bachhu Narayan Shrestha.
Local entrepreneur Tshering Sherpa shared that more than 100 foreign tourists have been stranded in Lukla.

While some tourists have opted for flying back to Kathmandu in chartered helicopter that lands in Surke, around 45 minutes downhill from Lukla, many have been waiting for fair-weather window for the resumption of the commercial flights at the Tenzing-Hillary Airport. RSS

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