article_snippet: Air authorities said that the plane, which was arriving from Istanbul in Turkey, came off the runway in Nepal's capital Kathmandu in the early hours of the morning .
article_snippet: Two consecutive days of rain had left the runway in Nepal's capital Kathmandu at Tribhuwan International Airport in Nepal's capital extremely slippery and there was dense fog at the time .
article_snippet: The plane, which was on a seven-hour flight from Nepal's capital, was forced to circle for 30 minutes over Nepal before it made a second attempt to land .
article_snippet: Air authorities said that the plane, which was arriving from Istanbul in Turkey, came off the runway in Nepal's capital Kathmandu in the early hours of the morningthe runway in Nepal's capital Kathmandu Nepal's capital Kathmandu the morning.
article_snippet: Two consecutive days of rain had left the runway in Nepal's capital Kathmandu at Tribhuwan International Airport in Nepal's capital
article_snippet: Nepal's capital extremely slippery and there was dense fog at the time.
article_snippet: The plane, which was on a seven-hour flight from the Turkish capital, was forced to circle for 30 minutes over Nepal before it made a second attempt to land.
article_snippet: The only international airport in Nepal remained closed Wednesday morning after the accident.
article_snippet: Nepal is home to some of the world's most remote and tricky runways, flanked by snow-capped peaks and terrain that poses a challenge even for accomplished pilots.