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Several passengers are feared dead after a US-Bangla Biman aircraft, carrying 67 passengers and four crew, crashed at Tribhuvan International airport in Nepal’s Kathmandu on Monday. Airport security sources said while several passengers were rescued in ‘critical condition’, there were many bodies lying in a charred condition. “We cannot give the exact number of casualty as we are still finding out all details. At the moment, our priority is to rush the victims to the hospitals,” a source said. (Photo: Reuters) READ: http://bit.ly/2p7tHBH
The plane that was coming from Dhaka caught fire immediately after it hit the ground off the runway. The cause of the accident is not yet known. (Photo: Reuters) READ: http://bit.ly/2p7tHBH
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 told news agency AP. (Photo: AP) READ: http://bit.ly/2p7tHBH
The flight was arriving from Bangladesh, said an airport official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of airport policy. (Photo: Reuters) READ: http://bit.ly/2p7tHBH
An employee who answered the phone at the US-Bangla offices in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, said no one was available to talk. "I have no other details," said the employee, who refused to give his name. "But a bad incident has happened," he added. (Photo: AP) READ: http://bit.ly/2p7tHBH
