Dozens feared dead as passenger flight with 71 aboard crashes and bursts into flames

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Dozens feared dead as passenger flight with 71 aboard crashes and bursts into flames at Kathmandu airport

• Plane crashed at  Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal
  
  
• Flight had arrived from Dhaka, Bangladesh, when it careened off the runway
  
  
• Images posted on social media show  the airplane completely destroyed 
  
  
• Plane was carrying 67 passengers and four crew members when it crashed
  
  
• At least 20 people have so far been taken to hospital 
  
  

An airplane carrying 71 people has crashed at an airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, with an unknown number of people dead or injured.
A flight from Dhaka, Bangladesh, landed on the Tribhuvan International Airport in  Nepal, but ended up careening off the runway and crashing. 
A Nepalese government spokesman has confirmed that several bodies have been removed from the plane, and at least 20 people have been taken to hospital.  



Crash: The passenger flight from Dhaka, Bangladesh, landed in Kathmandu, Nepal, but ended up careening off the runway and crashing in a nearby field
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Plane crashed at Kathmandu airport and burst into flames


'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.

 A Nepalese government spokesperson confirmed that several bodies have been recovered from the wreckage"





Casualties: A Nepalese government spokesperson confirmed that several bodies have been recovered from the wreckage
Emergency vehicles appeared to be heading into the smoke as people watched from a distance or filmed on their mobile phones.
Amanda Summers, an American who works in Nepal, watched the crash happen from the terrace of her home office.
'It was flying so low I thought it was going to run into the mountains,' she said. She said it was unclear if it had reached the runway when it landed. 
'All of a sudden there was a blast and then another blast,' she said.



Crash: A photo of the incident posted on social media shows smoke coming off the crash site
Nepal has suffered a number of air disasters in recent years, dealing a blow to its tourist industry.
Its poor air safety record has been blamed largely on inadequate maintenance, inexperienced pilots and substandard management.
In early 2016, a Twin Otter turboprop aircraft slammed into a mountainside in Nepal killing all 23 people on board.
Two days later, two pilots were killed when a small passenger plane crash-landed in the country's hilly midwest


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