BREAKING: A Passenger Flight Has Crashed At Nepal’s Kathmandu Airport
A passenger flight has crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on Monday.
The flight became ‘unstable’ during landing near the popular airport. Reports suggest the flight was a US-Bangla Airline’s flight.
The cause of the accident is unclear. Approximately 67 people are thought to have been onboard, and many deaths are feared according to a reports. People have taken to social media to share images and smoke can be seen coming from the airport runway.
This is an updated story
The plane crashed at 14.20 local time
AirportWebcams: BREAKING: Plane crash at Kathmandu Airport, Nepal. Reports say it belonged to US-Bangla Airlines of Bangladesh & was a Fokker F28 (although online fleet lists state 4 Boeing 737 & 4 Dash 8 are operated). Unconfirmed … https://t.co/x6WitEmeee pic.twitter.com/o00lhZcH5R
— Breaking Aviation News (@breakingavnews) March 12, 2018
Images have been shared on social airport
Airlive: BREAKING Plane crashed near Kathmandu airport, Nepal https://t.co/OZA6v78r34 pic.twitter.com/SQrq4jAqiT
— Breaking Aviation News (@breakingavnews) March 12, 2018