At least 40 dead, 23 injured in Nepal plane crash: official

iyebiye olawuyi 14:41 - 12 March 2018

There were 67 passengers and four crew on board the US-Bangla Airlines plane from Dhaka.

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.

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