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What: Etihad Airlines Airbus A330-200 en route from Kathmandu (Nepal) to Abu Dhabi
Where: Kathmandu
When: Jan 17th 2012 9:15 pm
Who: 168 aboard
Why: While taking off from Kathmandu, the engine developed problems. THe crew shut it down and returned within minutes to land at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
Another source says the flight circled for an hour to burn fuel to lighten the landing.
Passengers were provided accommodations. Etihad engineers from Abu Dhabi arrived to handle the problem on January 21.