Nepal plane crash: Death toll crosses 38

March 12, 2018 16:43

Nepal police official says at least 38 killed, 23 injured in Kathmandu plane crash; 10 people still unaccounted for, reports ANI.

However, PTI, quoting Tribhuvan International Airport General Manager Raj Kumar Chhetri, says over 50 people are feared dead in the crash.

A United States-Bangla Airlines aircraft with 67 passengers and four crew members on board on Monday overshot the runway and crashed at Nepal's international airport in Kathmandu.

The plane caught fire after it careened off the runway during landing and crashed onto a football ground near the airport, the Tribhuvan International Airport spokesperson, Prem Nath Thakur, was quoted as saying by the Kathmandu Post.

Image: The burnt carapace of the plane at Kathmandu airport. Pic: ANI

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