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A US-Bangla Airlines passenger aircraft crashed at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport on the afternoon of 12 March. The flight skidded off the runaway while landing, according to Nagrik News, a Nepali daily.
Several casualties are feared.
(With inputs from PTI and Reuters)
Thirteen passengers have been rescued from the US-Bangla Airlines flight, reports CNN-News18.
According to Bangladesh daily The Daily Star, 30 passengers have been pulled out and rushed to the hospital, while fire-fighters lead the efforts to rescue the others.
A report by The Daily Star, a Bangladesh daily, cited the general manager of the airport, Raj Kumar Chhetri, as saying that at least eight passengers have died in the plane crash.
Eight bodies have been recovered so far from the site of the plane crash in Kathmandu and more deaths are feared, a police spokesperson told Reuters.
A Nepal police official told AP that at least 38 people have been killed in the Kathmandu plane crash, while 23 injured have been injured. Ten people are still unaccounted for, reported AP.
A Nepal army spokesperson has told Reuters that at least 50 people have died in the Kathmandu plane crash.
Raj Kumar Chhetri, the general manager at the airport, had also told the media that over 50 people are feared dead.
He was quoted by My Republica, a Nepalese news portal, as saying, “We are carrying out rescue work. We are collecting details.”
The portal further said that more than 20 injured had been taken to the Kathmandu Medical College for treatment, of which seven were brought dead at the hospital. The remaining are undergoing treatment for serious burn injuries.
Meanwhile, authorities said the fire has now been extinguished and rescue work is on, reported PTI. The black box of the aircraft had also been recovered from the spot.
Out of the 67 passengers on board the flight that crashed in Kathmandu on Monday, 33 were Nepalese nationals, 32 were Bangladeshi, one Chinese and one from Maldives, reported The Daily Star.
Hours after 50 people were killed in a plane crash at Kathmandu airport, PM Modi said that he was “deeply anguished by the loss of lives”.
An audio recording between the pilot of the ill-fater US-Bangla Flight 211 and ATC was posted on YouTube on Monday night. Listening to the conversation indicates a possible confusion in the mind of the pilot about ‘02’ and ‘20’.
Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli visited the site of the plane crash in Kathmandu.
At least 50 people were reportedly killed after a US-Bangla Airlines flight, carrying 67 passengers and four crew members, crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on the afternoon of 12 March.
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