A US-Bangla Airlines country Q-400 aircraft carrying 67 passengers from Dhaka to Nepal has crashed at Trimbwan International Airport in Kathmandu. 17 people injured in the incident were admitted to New Benshwar and KMC hospital in Synangal but more casualties were also reported. The airline has not yet been able to report any reasons for the crash.
Eyewitnesses said that there was considerable black smoke in the airport runway at noon. Then it can be confirmed that a plane has crashed. Airport spokesman Prem Nath Tagore said the wheels were set on fire as the aircraft landed on the runway.
After that, they fell into a football field near the airport. The plane arrived at the Tribune Airport at 2.30pm from Dhaka. Trying to control the fire of the crashed plane.
Nepal's tourism ministry joint secretary Suresh Acharya said 17 people were rescued from the crashed plane.
The BBC's report quoted US officials as saying that it left 67 passengers on Saturday at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 12.15 pm. BBC and My Republic
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