Kathmandu , Nepal ( CNN ) A Turkish Airlines jet carrying 224 people skidded off a runway Wednesday morning at Kathmandu 's airport , forcing those on board to evacuate and effectively shutting down Nepal 's lone international airport , authorities said . The Airbus A330 's crew first tried landing the plane around 7 a.m. Wednesday ( 8:30 p.m . ET Tuesday ) , getting very close to a runway but not touching down , according to passenger Deepak Malhotra . That was followed by an announcement that the aircraft could n't land due to poor visibility . About 45 minutes later , though , the crew tried again . This time , the Turkish Airlines plane did get on the ground but it did n't stay on the runway , according to airport officials . The aircraft skidded off , screeching to a stop with its nose pitched down . Pictures showed passengers and crew going down evacuation slides and walking through heavy fog . Despite the rough landing , there were no reports of serious injuries , according to a Turkish Airlines spokesman . Still , the incident did manage to knock out air travel in and out of the Tribhuvan International Airport , the only way in for foreigners wanting to explore Mount Everest and other nearby peaks in the Himalayan Mountains . That 's because part of the now-immobile Airbus A330 was covering a section of the runway . Nepal does n't have the heavy-duty machinery required to move it , said Ratish Chandra Lal Suman , the head of the mountainous Asian nation 's Civil Aviation Authority . And large cargo planes that could be brought in to help with the job have nowhere to land now . Having them land anywhere else in Nepal is n't an option either . Instead , authorities are exploring possibly flying in needed equipment to India and then driving it over to Nepal . Until then , all international flights into Kathmandu have been called off until further notice . That includes 40 arriving and 40 departing flights canceled Wednesday . Journalist Manesh Shrestha reported from Kathmandu , CNN 's Sugam Pokharel reported from India and CNN 's Greg Botelho wrote this story from Atlanta .
A Turkish Airlines jet carrying 224 people skids upon landing in Kathmandu . Pictures show passengers using slides to get off the Airbus A330 amid heavy fog . The plane was flying from Istanbul to New Delhi when it skidded on a runway at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport shortly after taking off.