Bangladesh plane with 71 people on board crashes in Kathmandu, several casualties feared
Reports claimed that around 50 people died after the plane became unstable and crashed while landing.

A passenger plane from Bangladesh carrying 71 people crash landed in Tribhuvan International Airport at Kathmandu on Monday afternoon. The US-Bangla plane crashed after becoming unstable while landing, an airport official told The Kathmandu Post.
Several bodies have been recovered from the crash site, AFP reported, quoting an unidentified official. An unidentified official told AP that 38 bodies were recovered, 23 injured, and 10 still unaccounted for. “We have recovered 50 dead bodies so far,” Reuters quoted Army spokesman Gokul Bhandari as saying.
The airport authority and Nepal Army personnel undertook rescue operations.
“We are trying to bring the fire under control. Details are awaited,” airport spokesperson Birendra Prasad Shrestha told Reuters. The Director General of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal Sanjiv Gautam said the aircraft was permitted to land from the southern side of the runway, but it landed from the northern side.“We are yet to ascertain the reason behind the unusual landing,” he added.
Tribhuvan International Airport General Manager Rajkumar Chhetri said that the pilot had not followed the air traffic controller’s directions. “When the control tower asked the pilot if there was any problem, the pilot said everything is okay, Chhetri told The Kathmandu Post. “However, instead of landing from the north side, the plane went towards north-east and made two rounds.”
The airport was shut following the crash.
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— Narayan Amrit (@amritna) March 12, 2018
An US-Bangla (@usbanglaairline) aircraft (DASH8) from #Bangladesh crash-landed at Kathmandu Tribhuvan Intl Airport in #Nepal & caught fire about an hour ago. Rescue operation ongoing. Image via Prazeet (@pzstha) https://t.co/sUNWZTEfc5 https://t.co/WmxfgnINfN #planecrash #travel pic.twitter.com/0VDbpTSl6F
— Rezwan (@rezwan) March 12, 2018
Bangladesh airliner crashes in Nepal
— News from Bangladesh (@banglanews_eng) March 12, 2018
A Bangladeshi passenger aircraft crashed while descending at Nepal's Kathmandu airport on Monday, an airport official said. It was not immediately known how many passengers were on board the plane which caught fire.… https://t.co/koXviCKDBC pic.twitter.com/oS8hzULbkt