गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ wide-body plane flying to Beijing tonight to collect oxygen cylinders Nepal wide-body plane flying to Beijing tonight to collect oxygen cylinders KathmanduPati May 10, 2021 File Photo KATHMANDU – Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is sending its wide-body A-330 aircraft to Beijing tonight to bring essential medical supplies. The national flag-carrier, NAC, said that the wide-body is flying to the capital of the People’s Republic of China to bring oxygen cylinders and ventilators provided in grant assistance by the Chinese government. It will be bringing 400 units of oxygen cylinder and 20 ventilators to Nepal. The NAC wide-body plane will take off for Beijing at 11.30pm and return to Nepal on Tuesday afternoon. It will arrive at Tribhuvan International Airport at 2.35 pm on Tuesday. NAC spokesperson Karishma Shrestha said NAC is sending the aircraft to pick up the medical supplies at the request of the Ministry of Health and Population and in coordination of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. According to her, although it is stated that 20 ventilators would be brought from Beijing from this flight, NAC has been updated till now that the cargo included only 10 units of ventilator and 400 oxygen cylinders. The NAC spokesperson said the national flag-carrier was ready to bring the emergency health supplies any time in the present situation of calamity, if the government directed so. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Nepal Home Minister Gurung to visit India for BIMSTEC meeting Rabi, Australian Envoy discuss bilateral cooperation South Korean volunteers join flood recovery efforts in Nepal’s Nuwakot Nepal PM says disaster response continues without compromise Nepali Congress chief presents political report at party convention Flood search halted, reconstruction efforts to accelerate Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month6 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns7 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward8 TRENDING What Makes Prithivi Narayan Shah a Philosopher and a Truly Democratic King? Public Relations for a Soldier Army Day : Five facts about Nepal’s ‘blue helmets’ in UN-peacekeeping missions We need to be serious about the international scenario post-Covid: Dr. Nischal N. Pandey Forbes-listed billionaire Binod Chaudhary tests positive for coronavirus Hungry people out on streets, but the government nowhere to be seen Namrata is Miss Nepal 2020 The FinCEN Files: Nepali banks and companies transact billions of rupees through dubious channels
