KATHMANDU March 12 (TNS): A Bangladeshi aircraft carrying 67 passengers crashed on Monday while coming in to land at the airport in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, an airport official said, adding that 17 people on board had been rescued.
#UDPATE – First visuals of the Bangladesh airliner that crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu. pic.twitter.com/i8Ayyf9umg
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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.
“We are trying to bring the fire under control. Details are awaited,” he said. Courtesy Reuters
