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NA purchased cargo aircraft arriving Kathmandu on Saturday

Kathmandu, 1 November: The Nepal Army is bringing Military Transport Aircraft, CN 235-220 made in Indonesia. The aircraft is arriving Kathmandu on Saturday, according to the Annapurna Post daily.

The NA had signed an agreement in 2017 to procure the aircraft.

The aircraft has left Indonesia on Wednesday and reaching Kathmandu on Saturday, according to the NA spokesman Lt Gen. Bigyandev Pandey.

The Spokesman also informed that the price of the aircraft is about 3.5 billion rupees.

The aircraft is useful in all purposes. Specially during natural disaster, to conduct emergency rescue and to supply relief materials, the aircraft is very much useful, he said.

People’s News Monitoring Service

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