AP, KATHMANDUA passenger plane carrying 71 people from Bangladesh yesterday crashed and burst into flames as it landed in Kathmandu, killing dozens of people, officials said. The US-Bangla Airlines plane was carrying 67 passengers and four crew members, according to an airline spokesman. The plane swerved repeatedly as it prepared to land in Kathmandu, said Amanda Summers, an American working in Nepal. “It was flying very low,” medical student Keyal said. US-Bangla spokesman Kamrul Islam said the twin-propeller plane was carrying 32 passengers from Bangladesh, 33 from Nepal and one each from China and the Maldives, plus four crew.

Source: Taipei Times March 12, 2018 15:56 UTC