{NEWS ZONE} ~ PLANE CATCHES FIRE WHILE LANDING, AT LEAST 40 DEAD, 23 INJURED
At least 40 people were killed and 23 injured when a Bangladeshi passenger plane crashed near Kathmandu airport Monday , an official said . Thirty- one people died at the spot and nine died at two hospitals in Kathmandu , ” police spokesman Manoj Neupane told AFP , adding another 23 were injured .
There were 67 passengers and four crew on board the US-Bangla Airlines plane from Dhaka. The plane crashed after catching fire while trying to land.
Witnesses described seeing the plane flying at a low height before crashing onto a football pitch at Nepal ’ s only international airport in the capital, Kathmandu . 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 .
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