A bird struck one of the engines of the Boeing 737-800 Dubai-bound airplane shortly after departure from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, yesterday at around 9:00 p.m. local time. Following the bird strike, the engine of the FlyDubai passenger plane, which was carrying 167 passengers, caught fire. According to the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority, after analyzing the situation, the pilots and technical team decided to turn off the aircraft’s problematic engine and continue the flight. The airport implemented emergency landing protocols during the plane’s landing in Dubai.
Tensions flared in the Israeli-occupied West Bank after a 14-year-old Israeli settler was shot by an Israeli soldier. In response, dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the military base housing the Binyamin Brigade, setting fire to vehicles and clashing with Israeli security forces.
Six settlers were detained. The Israeli army said the soldier mistook the youth for a Palestinian and fired into the air. The teen was later found to have been hit by live fire.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich condemned the settler violence, calling it a “red line” and said “criminals must be tried.”
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