US-Bangla plane break-lands at Kathmandu airport, casualty feared

A minimal of 39 members were confirmed dull, when a plane carrying greater than 70 members crashed on the Tribhuvan Global Airport (TIA) in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, in accordance with authorities.

The US-Bangla Airways « caught fire after it careened off the runway throughout landing and crashed onto a soccer floor near TIA », the Kathmandu Put up reported on Monday.

Manoj Neupane, deputy inspector typical for the Nepali police, instructed Al Jazeera that now not lower than 31 members were killed on the break set up, whereas eight others died in the hospital. 

A minimal of 23 passengers were rescued and despatched to metropolis hospitals for remedy.

BREAKING First image from break set up, the turboprop plane appears to be like to be to be a Bombardier Trail-Eight Q400. Updates: https://t.co/rPgfBUWBAu pic.twitter.com/0FeVLSgisY

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One other tremendous instructed Al Jazeera that now not lower than 33 of the passengers were Nepali nationals.

Kathmandu Put up quoted airport officers as pronouncing that there were now not lower than 37 male, 27 female and two minor passengers aboard the plane.

The Bombardier Trail Eight Q400 plane took off from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, to the Himalayan capital on Monday morning. 

Photography first posted on social media showed workers on the airport standing on the runway and grounds, as thick smoke was once viewed rising in the background.  

Rescuers were later viewed crowding across the plane, which was once was upside-down and badly burned. 

Additional reporting by Roshan Sedhai in Kathmandu