All the passengers of the domestic flight have been evacuated from the main gate of Tribhuvan International Airport after receiving a call from an unknown person claiming to have a bomb in the premises.

International flights has not been disrupted but the domestic flights are closed as the caller claimed the bomb was in the domestic terminal .A team including Nepal Army, Armed police Force and Nepal Police is conducting search operation.

According to an official at the Tribhuvan International Airport, “After an unidentified person called and said that there were bombs in the domestic terminal, we have evacuated all the passengers and continued the search operation.” If such a call comes from somewhere in our system, we have to do a thorough search. ‘

He said that now all the passengers have been taken out and security personnel including trained dogs are searching the airport. A Nepal Army bomb disposal team has also reached the airport.