Investigation committee formed to study fire breakout in TIA

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCC) has formed an investigation committee to probe the incident of fire at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).

The secretarial level meeting held yesterday formed a five-member team under the convenorship of Ministry’s Joint-Secretary Suresh Acharya.

Other members include Ministry’s under-secretary Rajan Nepal, Superintendent of Police Kedar Dhakal, Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)’s Director Kul Prasad Simkhada and CAAN’s Deputy-Director Bikram Gautam.

The committee is tasked to find out the reason for the fire that erupted at the coffee shop inside the TIA’s sterile area at 8:15 pm on Monday.