Kathmandu airport crash: At least 38 dead as US-Bangla plane veers off runway

in news •  7 years ago 

.                   A plane carrying 71 passengers and crew has crashed on landing at Nepal's Kathmandu airport, killing at least 38 people. At least 17 survived.Rescuers pulled bodies from the charred wreckage of the plane, operated by Bangladeshi airline US-Bangla, after a raging fire was put out.Flight BS211 veered off the runway while landing on Monday afternoon.All flights in and out of Tribhuvan International Airport have been cancelled, according to local media.

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