Kathmandu airport plane crash: 71 people were on board the US-Bangla Airlines plane (Reuters)
A Bangladeshi aircraft carrying 67 passengers and four crew
crashed on Monday while coming in to land at the airport in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, an airport official said, adding that 17 people on board had been rescued. Fifty people have been killed, Reuters reported. The state of the other people on the flight from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, operated by US-Bangla Airlines, was not clear, Tribhuvan International Airport spokesperson Birendra Prasad Shrestha said. "We are trying to bring the fire under control. Details are awaited," he said, adding that the airport had been shut down and all other flights diverted. "We're now concentrating on evacuating the passengers." Television images showed smoke rising from the crash site.
Here are the updates on the Kathmandu air crash:
The accident was the latest to hit mountainous Nepal, which has a poor record of air safety. Small aircraft ply an extensive domestic network and often run into trouble at remote airstrips.
Those aboard included 33 Nepali passengers, with 32 from Bangladesh, one from China and one from the Maldives. "All of a sudden the plane shook violently and there was a loud bang," one of the survivors, Basanta Bohora, told the Kathmandu Post daily. "I was seated near a window and was able to break out of the window."
A survivor of the plane crash at Kathmandu's international airport said Monday that the US-Bangla Airlines plane began "behaving strangely" on descent before crash-landing near the airport, killing at least 49 people, the Washington Post reported.
A survivor of the plane crash at Kathmandu's international airport said Monday that the US-Bangla Airlines plane began "behaving strangely" on descent before crash-landing near the airport, killing at least 49 people, the Washington Post reported.
At least 50 people have been killed in the plane crash at Kathmandu airport, news agency Reuters reported. The passenger plane belonging to US-Bangla Airlines was carrying 71 people on board when it crashed on Monday while coming in to land at the airport in the Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.
The US-Bangla Airlines plane was a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400.
Eight bodies have been recovered so far from the crash site of the US-Bangla Airlines plane at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal, a Kathmandu police spokesperson said. More deaths are feared.
Rescue workers recovered badly burnt bodies from the wreckage of a Bangladeshi aircraft that crashed while coming in to land at Nepal's Kathmandu airport on Monday, a Reuters witness said. A Reuters photographer said he could see bodies covered in cloth laid out near the tarmac of the airport.
"We are trying to bring the fire under control. Details are awaited," Tribhuvan International Airport spokesperson said, adding that the airport had been shut down and all other flights diverted. "We're now concentrating on evacuating the passengers." Television images showed smoke rising from the crash site.
Mountainous Nepal is notorious for air accidents. Small aircraft often run into trouble at provincial airstrips. A Thai Airways flight from Bangkok crashed while trying to land in Kathmandu in 1992 killing all on board.
The US-Bangla Airlines plane was carrying 67 passengers and four crew.
Bodies have been recovered from the crashed Indo-Bangla Airlines plane at Kathmandu airport, officials said
US-Bangla Airlines is a unit of the US-Bangla Group, a US Bangladeshi joint venture company. The Bangladeshi carrier launched operations in July 2014 and operates Bombardier Inc and Boeing aircraft.
Smoke rises from the debris of the US-Bangla Airlines passenger plane which crashed at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport.
The US-Bangla Airlines passenger plane, which was carrying 67 people, crashed at 2:20 pm at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport
The state of the other people on the flight from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, operated by US-Bangla Airlines, was not clear, airport spokesman Birendra Prasad Shrestha said.
Flight operations at Kathmandu airport has been suspended after a passenger aircraft belonging to US-Bangla Airlines crashed with 67 passengers on board.
Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport spokesperson Prem Nath Thakur said the Bangladesh airline aircraft careened off the runway during landing and crashed onto a football ground near the airport, catching fire. Seven people were rescued. No death was reported.