The dust is yet to settle on a Turkish plane that crashed in Iran over the weekend killing a bride and her bachelorette than another happen on Monday in Nepal when a US-Bangla airlines plane crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu killing 49 people.
There were 71 people including four crew members on board the 78-seater Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft that took off from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The plane crashed at 2:18 pm local time.
According to Nepal Police Spokesperson DIG Manoj Neupane, 22 injured passengers are undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Kathmandu. Twelve passengers have been admitted at Kathmandu Medical College Hospital, Sinamangal, four at Norvic Hospital, Thapathali, three at Grande Hospital, Dhapasi, one at Om Hospital, Chabahil and one at Medicity, Bhainsepati.
Nepal Police DIG Manoj Neupane said 31 bodies were pulled out from the crashed plane and nine others were declared dead at different hospitals.
According to TIA spokesperson Prem Nath Thakur, the aircraft with call sign S2-AGU caught fire after it careened off the runway during landing and crashed onto a football ground near TIA. TIA said there were 37 males, 27 females and two children onboard the aircraft. There were 33 Nepali passengers.
