At least 39 people are dead after a plane crashed on the runway while landing at Tribhuvan Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, police spokesperson Manoj Neupane told CNN.<\/p>\n
The aircraft, which belongs to US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned Bangladeshi carrier, caught fire while landing at 2:15 p.m. local time, the police spokesman said.<\/p>\n
The plane crashed after approaching the runway from the wrong end, an official told CNN.<\/p>\n
Thirty-one bodies were recovered at the crash site, and eight others died in the hospitals they were taken to. There are now 23 people receiving treatment, Neupane said.<\/p>\n
There were 71 passengers on the plane including the crew, said Kamrul Islam, the head of public relations for for US-Bangla.
\nThe plane approached the runway from the wrong direction, according to the manager of the airport.<\/p>\n
“The plane had permission to land from the southern side of the runway but they instead landed from the northern side.<\/p>\n
Authorities do not know why they did not land from the southern side,” Raj Kumar Chhetri, General Manager of Tribhuvan International Airport, told CNN.<\/p>\n
According to Flightradar24, the plane was a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, which the company describes as “the world’s most modern turboprop.”<\/p>\n
An airport official said the plane was flight BS 211, but hung up the phone without giving any other details. That flight originated in Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
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Source: CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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