KATHMANDU: A Nepal Airlines aircraft has departed for China to collect medical supplies -- including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), test kits, among others -- required for the treatment of COVID-19. The plane (Airbus A330-243) took off at 12:32 this afternoon to Guangzhou from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu and is expected to return at 1:00 am, on Sunday. The flight took off after receiving special permission from TIA.