DHAKA: Tribhuvan International Airport of Nepal resumed its operation after 85-hour shut down as a Turkish Airlines plane overshot the tarmac blocking the airport's only runway.

More then 160 flights have been canceled and over 24,000 passengers, including 500 Bangladeshis, remained stranded at Tribhuvan since Wednesday following the accident. 

Nepal airport officials have removed the Airbus A330 on Saturday and reopen the airport, located in the capital of Kathmandu, that night.

However, Bangladesh took quick initiative to bring back its citizens immediately after the reopening of the Airport.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the only fight operator en route to Kathmandu from Dhaka, has decided to operate more than one flight in a day to bring back stranded Bangladeshi passengers.

According to the airline, Bangladesh Biman, the national carrier, operates seven flights a week on Dhaka-Kathmandu route. On Sunday, the two Airbuses left for Kathmandu at 9am, and at 1.00pm to rescue stranded passengers.

On March 4, a Turkish Airlines plane carrying 224 passengers missed the runway on landing at Kathmandu airport and skidded onto nearby grassland.

Domestic service -- operated by 18 and 40-seater jets -- was not disrupted.

The plane has remained aground as Nepal doesn't have the necessary equipment to move it.

A specialized aircraft carrying experts and aircraft removal equipment from India reached Nepal on Thursday to help rescue operation, said sources concerned. 

BDST: 1655 HRS, MAR 8, 2015