The evacuation of Ukrainians from Nepal turns into a tragicomedy: the plane has a punctured tire and runs out of gasoline
An Il-76 plane carrying Ukrainians evacuated from Nepal will land at Kiev airport today, May 6, after 22:00.
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This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
“Tonight the plane is scheduled to land at the airport in Kiev after 22 p.m.,” the press service reported.
Earlier it became known that the Ukrainian plane took off from the airport of the capital of India, Delhi, to the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, at 06:35. In Baku, it turned out that the plane had run out of fuel and would be stuck in the Azerbaijani capital for another 12 hours to refuel.
In addition, while landing at the airport in Delhi, India, the plane's landing gear broke.
There are 87 evacuated citizens on board the plane.
The evacuation of Ukrainians from Nepal is turning into a tragicomedy : the plane has a flat tire and runs out of gas.