In Pictures: A Bangladeshi passenger aircraft crash in Nepal

A Bangladeshi airliner with 71 people on board crashed on Monday (March 12) while coming in to land at the airport in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, killing at least 50 people.

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Mar 13, 2018, 08:18 AM

Several people had been rescued from the burning wreckage of the Bombardier Q400 series aircraft but nine people were still unaccounted for. PHOTO: AFP

Nepali rescue workers collect wreckage from an airplane that crashed near the international airport in Kathmandu on March 12, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

The belongings of passengers traveling on an airplane that crashed lie at the crash site near the international airport in Kathmandu on March 12, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Plane crash survivor Sanam Shakya (centre) talks with his parents at the Norvic Hospital in Kathmandu on March 12, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Plane crash survivor Basanta Bohara (left) talks with his friend and family at the Norvic Hospital in Kathmandu on March 12, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

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

Nepali rescue workers gather around the debris of an airplane that crashed near the international airport in Kathmandu on March 12, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Nepali rescue workers gather around the debris of an airplane that crashed near the international airport in Kathmandu on March 12, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Nepali rescue workers search through the debris of an airplane that crashed near the international airport in Kathmandu on March 12, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Nepali rescue workers gather around the debris of an airplane that crashed near the international airport in Kathmandu on March 12, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

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