US-Bangla plane crash in Nepal

At least forty nine individuals were killed on Mon once a Bangladeshi plane crashed in cloudy weather because it came in to land at the Nepalese capital’s hill-ringed field, officers same.

The chief military officer of US-Bangla Airlines, Imran Asif, suspect Kathmandu’s traffic management for giving wrong signals.

But field top dog dominion Kumar Chettri same the pilot forgotten their messages and came in from the incorrect direction.

Seventy-one individuals were on board the plane coming back from Dhaka once it clipped the fence at Katmandu and burst into flames, Chettri same.

There were thirty three Nepali passengers, thirty two from Bangla Desh, one from China and one from the Maldives.

“All of a abrupt the plane barrel violently and there was a loud bang,” one among the survivors, Basanta Bohora, told the Katmandu Post daily. “I was sitting close to a window and was able to run off of the window.”

The accident was the most recent to hit mountainous Asian nation, that features a poor record of air safety. little craft ply an intensive domestic network and sometimes run into bother at remote airstrips.

“So way forty nine individuals ar dead and twenty two ar undergoing treatment at totally different hospitals,” Sanjiv Gautam, administrator of the Civil Aviation Authority of Asian nation (CAAN), told reporters.

Several individuals were saved from the burning part of the Bombardier Q400 series craft and ar undergoing treatment at hospitals, army spokesperson Gokul Bhandari same.

Chettri same that moments when the plane received permission to land, the pilot same he needed to travel in an exceedingly northern direction. Asked by the tower if there was a tangle, he replied within the negative.

The plane was then seen creating 2 rounds in an exceedingly northeast direction, Chettri same. Traffic controllers once more asked the pilot if things were OK, and he replied, “Yes”.

The tower then told the pilot his alignment wasn't correct, however there was no reply, Chettri adscititious.

“The plane ought to have come back from the proper direction,” Chettri same, adding that it hit the field fence, touched the bottom and so caught hearth.

It was not straightaway clear if the pilot had issued a “Mayday” decision, or signal.

US-Bangla Airlines’ Asif, however, same that wrong signals may need semiconductor diode to the crash.

“A three-minute language between the pilot and therefore the traffic management before the landing indicated that they sent wrong signal to the pilot,” he told reporters in Dhaka.

SERIES OF ACCIDENTS

Many of the bodies that lay on the tarmac, coated with textile, were burn, witnesses same. Thick plumes of smoke may well be seen from the craft at the Tribhuvan International field.

Those on board embody twelve Nepali tour agents United Nations agency were returning when AN annual sales conference in Bangla Desh, a politician same.

The craft that went down on Mon was seventeen years recent, knowledge from pursuit web site Flightradar24.com showed. It descended to AN field altitude of four,400 feet (1,341 m) and so climbed to six,600 feet (2,012 m) before unmitigated regarding 2 minutes later, the web site same.

Bombardier same on Twitter it had been saddened by the accident.

“Our thoughts ar with those lacerate, and their families,” it said.

There are a series of accidents at Katmandu within the past.

In March 2014, a flock of birds shattered the windscreen of a Malaya Airlines jet because it landed in Katmandu.

The same month, a rear wheel of AN airliner A320 operated by AN Indian budget airline caught hearth when landing.

In 2012, a plane carrying trekkers to Everest region hit a bird and crashed in Katmandu, killing all on board.

In 1992, all 113 individuals aboard were killed once a Thai Airways flight from Bangkok crashed whereas making an attempt to land in Katmandu.

US-Bangla Airlines may be a unit of the US-Bangla cluster, a U.S.A. Bangladeshi venture company.

The 2 pilots and two cabin crews were Bangladeshi nationals, airline spokesperson Kamrul Islam same in Dhaka.

“Our team can fly to Asian nation as presently because the field is open,” he added. “We ar up-to-date with Nepali authorities.”

The Bangladeshi carrier, that launched operations in July 2014 with a motto - “Fly Fast-Fly Safe”, operates Bombardier and Boeing craft.