Kathmandu: At least 50 people were killed after a Bangladeshi plane crashed near Kathmandu airport Monday as it was coming in to land, officials said.
The aircraft had 67 passengers on board. Several others had been taken to hospital, an official of Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) said.
There were 67 passengers and 4 crew members aboard the plane.
Victims' bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a Bangladeshi plane that crashed in Kathmandu on Monday, an official said
UPDATE: Bodies recovered from crashed plane in Nepal
"We just pulled out dead bodies and injured from the debris," government spokesman Narayan Prasad Duwadi told AFP.
VIDEO: Smoke billows from the spot where a Bangladeshi passenger plane crashed near Kathmandu airport as it was coming in to land #KathmanduAirport pic.twitter.com/JgRDbJ6WeV
— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 12, 2018
Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from the football pitch where the plane crashed, to the east of the runway at Nepal's only international airport.
"There were 67 passengers and 4 crew members" aboard the plane, said airport spokesman Prem Nath Thakur.
"So far 20 injured have been taken to the hospital. Police and army are trying to cut apart the plane to rescue others," he added.
Live footage posted on Facebook showed the towering columns of smoke rising behind the runway, where another plane stood waiting on the tarmac.
Emergency vehicles appeared to be heading into the smoke as people watched from a distance or filmed on their mobile phones.
Nepal has suffered a number of air disasters in recent years, dealing a blow to its tourist industry.
BREAKING Plane crashed near Kathmandu airport, Nepal https://t.co/rPgfBUWBAu
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) March 12, 2018
Emergency vehicles appeared to be heading into the smoke as people watched from a distance or filmed on their mobile phones.
Nepal has suffered a number of air disasters in recent years, dealing a blow to its tourist industry.
BREAKING: Plane crash at Kathmandu Airport, Nepal. Reports say it belonged to US-Bangla Airlines of Bangladesh & was a Fokker F28 (although online fleet lists state 4 Boeing 737 & 4 Dash 8 are operated). Unconfirmed reports of no survivors. | Pic credits TBA. pic.twitter.com/VzWOW4amLp
— Airport Webcams (@AirportWebcams) March 12, 2018