<p>The death toll in the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Nepal climbed to 51 after two more people succumbed to injuries in the hospital here on Tuesday as the Nepali government formed a probe panel to investigate the aviation disaster.</p>

<p>The Nepali Home Ministry said in a press release that 22 Nepalis, 28 Bangladeshis and a Chinese passenger lost their lives in Monday`s accident &mdash; the worst in the Himalayan nation since a 1992 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) crash that claimed 167 lives.</p>

<p>Earlier today, hospital authorities confirmed the death of pilot Captain Abid Sultan. His co-pilot First Officer Prithula Rashid died yesterday, the report said.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, a Bangladeshi delegation today joined a six-member Nepali committee to probe the crash-landing. The Bangla delegation includes Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism A K M Shahjahan Kamal, Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali and senior aviation officials, the report said.</p>

<p>The Bangladeshi airline and airport authorities in Kathmandu have blamed each other for the tragedy after it emerged that there was confusion over landing instructions.<br />
The last four minutes of the conversation between the pilot and Air Traffic Control at the airport indicates a possible confusion in the mind of the pilot about Runway 02 (the southern end) and Runway 20 (the northern end), a Nepalese newspaper reported.</p>

<p>The Nepali pilots of other aircraft are heard warning the ATC that the US-Bangla pilot seems disoriented, according to the Nepali Times.</p>

<p>At the very outset of the tape, the control tower was heard warning the pilot, &quot;I say again, do not proceed towards Runway 20.&quot; And later, he is warned to remain on hold and not to land because there is another aircraft on approach.</p>

<p>After the plane apparently takes a right orbit, the ATC asks the pilot whether he wants to land on Runway 02 or 20.</p>

<p>The latter responds and says &quot;We would like to land on 20&quot;; he is cleared to land on that end of the runway, the report said.</p>

<p>The pilot was then asked if he has the runway in sight, to which he replies, &#39;Negative&#39;, it said.</p>

<p>He was asked to turn right, but immediately after that, the Flight 211 pilot says &quot;Affirmative&quot;, that the runway is in sight.</p>

<p>The pilot then says, &quot;Cleared to land Runaway 02&quot;, even though he had sought permission for 20. However, ATC too now clears him to land on Runway 02.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, speaking to the Army 53 aircraft which is on hold about 10 kilometres away, the ATC says the Bangladesh aircraft is &quot;on final for 20&quot;.</p>

<p>The last recorded words of the pilot are: &quot;[Unintelligible] said sir, are we cleared to land?&quot; After some silence, the clearly alarmed ATC controller shouts, &quot;I say again, turn?!&quot;.</p>

<p>There is silence for a while, then a &#39;Fire One&#39; calls the tower, indicating that a crash has occurred and the airport fire tender has been activated.</p>

<p>There were 33 Nepalese nationals on board flight UBG 211, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400. Others include 32 Bangladeshis, one Chinese and one Maldivian.</p>

<p>Bombardier is a twin-engine, medium-range and turboprop aircraft.</p>

<p>Canadian plane maker Bombardier said it was sending an air safety investigator to the site, as well as a field service representative.</p>

<p>The Dhaka-based US-Bangla Airlines is a private carrier that launched in July 2014 with the motto &quot;Fly Fast Fly Safe&quot;. The airline is a unit of the US-Bangla Group, a US Bangladeshi joint venture company.</p>

<p>Nepal has witnessed a number of accidents involving aircraft in recent years.</p>

<p>Yesterday&#39;s accident is deadliest since September 1992 when all 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane was killed when it crashed near the Kathmandu airport.</p>

<p>In February 2016, Tara Air&#39;s Twin Otter 400 crashed in Rupse of Myagdi, killing 23 people.</p>


The Bangladeshi airline and airport authorities in Kathmandu have blamed each other for the tragedy after it emerged that there was confusion over landing instructions

The death toll in the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Nepal climbed to 51 after two more people succumbed to injuries in the hospital here on Tuesday as the Nepali government formed a probe panel to investigate the aviation disaster. The Nepali Home Ministry said in a press release that 22 Nepalis, 28 Bangladeshis and a Chinese passenger lost their lives in Monday`s accident — the worst in the Himalayan nation since a 1992 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) crash that claimed 167 lives. Earlier today, hospital authorities confirmed the death of pilot Captain Abid Sultan. His co-pilot First Officer Prithula Rashid died yesterday, the report said. Meanwhile, a Bangladeshi delegation today joined a six-member Nepali committee to probe the crash-landing. The Bangla delegation includes Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism A K M Shahjahan Kamal, Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali and senior aviation officials, the report said. The Bangladeshi airline and airport authorities in Kathmandu have blamed each other for the tragedy after it emerged that there was confusion over landing instructions. The last four minutes of the conversation between the pilot and Air Traffic Control at the airport indicates a possible confusion in the mind of the pilot about Runway 02 (the southern end) and Runway 20 (the northern end), a Nepalese newspaper reported. The Nepali pilots of other aircraft are heard warning the ATC that the US-Bangla pilot seems disoriented, according to the Nepali Times. At the very outset of the tape, the control tower was heard warning the pilot, "I say again, do not proceed towards Runway 20." And later, he is warned to remain on hold and not to land because there is another aircraft on approach. After the plane apparently takes a right orbit, the ATC asks the pilot whether he wants to land on Runway 02 or 20. The latter responds and says "We would like to land on 20"; he is cleared to land on that end of the runway, the report said. The pilot was then asked if he has the runway in sight, to which he replies, 'Negative', it said. He was asked to turn right, but immediately after that, the Flight 211 pilot says "Affirmative", that the runway is in sight. The pilot then says, "Cleared to land Runaway 02", even though he had sought permission for 20. However, ATC too now clears him to land on Runway 02. Meanwhile, speaking to the Army 53 aircraft which is on hold about 10 kilometres away, the ATC says the Bangladesh aircraft is "on final for 20". The last recorded words of the pilot are: "[Unintelligible] said sir, are we cleared to land?" After some silence, the clearly alarmed ATC controller shouts, "I say again, turn?!". There is silence for a while, then a 'Fire One' calls the tower, indicating that a crash has occurred and the airport fire tender has been activated. There were 33 Nepalese nationals on board flight UBG 211, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400. Others include 32 Bangladeshis, one Chinese and one Maldivian. Bombardier is a twin-engine, medium-range and turboprop aircraft. Canadian plane maker Bombardier said it was sending an air safety investigator to the site, as well as a field service representative. The Dhaka-based US-Bangla Airlines is a private carrier that launched in July 2014 with the motto "Fly Fast Fly Safe". The airline is a unit of the US-Bangla Group, a US Bangladeshi joint venture company. Nepal has witnessed a number of accidents involving aircraft in recent years. Yesterday's accident is deadliest since September 1992 when all 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane was killed when it crashed near the Kathmandu airport. In February 2016, Tara Air's Twin Otter 400 crashed in Rupse of Myagdi, killing 23 people.

Death toll in Nepal crash rises to 51, Bangladeshi experts join probe

<p>At least 49 people are dead and 22 injured after a plane crashed Monday afternoon at Kathmandu&#39;s Tribhuvan International Airport, reports said.</p>

<p>A police official added that 10 passengers were still unaccounted for.&nbsp;</p>

<p>There were a total of 71 people on board the US-Bangla Airlines plane.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The plane (call sign S2-AGU) had been flying in from Dhaka, Bangladesh.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Reuters reported a Kathmandu Airport official as saying the passenger plane &quot;became unstable&quot;&nbsp;while descending and crashed.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Also read: <a href="http://www.wionews.com/south-asia/nepal-plane-crash-rescue-workers-pull-bodies-out-of-wreckage-35513" target="_blank">Rescue workers pull bodies out of the </a><a href="http://www.wionews.com/south-asia/nepal-plane-crash-rescue-workers-pull-bodies-out-of-wreckage-35513" target="_blank">wreckage</a></p>

<p>Images posted on social media showed smoke rising from the airport.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Gutted but lucky to be alive - this airplane missed the Kathmandu domestic airport area(where I was waiting for my helicopter to fly to Lukla) by a few kilometers.<br />
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P.S. hoping there are no casualties <a href="https://t.co/6elGCeFeOJ">pic.twitter.com/6elGCeFeOJ</a></p>
&mdash; Obi [WAN] (@_obi_wan_kenobi) <a href="https://twitter.com/_obi_wan_kenobi/status/973126995147096064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Eight bodies recovered so far from plane crash in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nepal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Nepal</a>; more deaths feared, reports Reuters <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kathmandu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kathmandu</a> <a href="https://t.co/Nz9odSOIT8">pic.twitter.com/Nz9odSOIT8</a></p>
&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/973145533412970497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Photos from the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TIA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kathmandu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kathmandu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nepal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Nepal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USBangla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USBangla</a> (Pic- <a href="https://twitter.com/IsarojB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IsarojB</a> ) <a href="https://t.co/FAoWCxIttq">pic.twitter.com/FAoWCxIttq</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Plane <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/crash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#crash</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TIA</a> airport <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kathmandu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kathmandu</a> Apparently a US Bangla plane from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dhaka?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dhaka</a> crashed. <a href="https://t.co/2fN8XoXxrD">pic.twitter.com/2fN8XoXxrD</a></p>
&mdash; prazeet (@pzstha) <a href="https://twitter.com/pzstha/status/973117755611328512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Meanwhile in airport. Must be a plane. ☹️ <a href="https://t.co/zD0J4DBxwE">pic.twitter.com/zD0J4DBxwE</a></p>
&mdash; Rushu (@roohsaa) <a href="https://twitter.com/roohsaa/status/973116670154702849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Breaking: Plane crashed when they were landed in Kathmandu airport. <a href="https://t.co/Gk8tNYdPv7">pic.twitter.com/Gk8tNYdPv7</a></p>
&mdash; Dil Nisani Magar (@dil_nisani) <a href="https://twitter.com/dil_nisani/status/973117939246247936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>Other reports quoted TIA spokesperson Prem Nath Thakur as saying the plane caught fire after it careened off the runway while landing and crashed into a football ground near the airport.&nbsp;</p>

<p>TIA and Nepal Army teams have been rushed into rescue operations.&nbsp;</p>

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The US-Bangla Airlines plane was flying in from Dhaka, Bangladesh

At least 49 people are dead and 22 injured after a plane crashed Monday afternoon at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport, reports said. A police official added that 10 passengers were still unaccounted for. There were a total of 71 people on board the US-Bangla Airlines plane. The plane (call sign S2-AGU) had been flying in from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reuters reported a Kathmandu Airport official as saying the passenger plane "became unstable" while descending and crashed. Also read: Rescue workers pull bodies out of the wreckage Images posted on social media showed smoke rising from the airport. Gutted but lucky to be alive - this airplane missed the Kathmandu domestic airport area(where I was waiting for my helicopter to fly to Lukla) by a few kilometers. I climbed to the domestic airport rooftop to see what happened. Found this - P.S. hoping there are no casualties pic.twitter.com/6elGCeFeOJ — Obi [WAN] (@_obi_wan_kenobi) March 12, 2018 × Eight bodies recovered so far from plane crash in #Nepal; more deaths feared, reports Reuters #Kathmandu pic.twitter.com/Nz9odSOIT8 — ANI (@ANI) March 12, 2018 × Photos from the #TIA #Kathmandu #Nepal #USBangla (Pic- @IsarojB ) pic.twitter.com/FAoWCxIttq — Narayan Amrit (@amritna) March 12, 2018 × Plane #crash at #TIA airport #Kathmandu Apparently a US Bangla plane from #Dhaka crashed. pic.twitter.com/2fN8XoXxrD — prazeet (@pzstha) March 12, 2018 × Meanwhile in airport. Must be a plane. ☹️ pic.twitter.com/zD0J4DBxwE — Rushu (@roohsaa) March 12, 2018 × Breaking: Plane crashed when they were landed in Kathmandu airport. pic.twitter.com/Gk8tNYdPv7 — Dil Nisani Magar (@dil_nisani) March 12, 2018 × Other reports quoted TIA spokesperson Prem Nath Thakur as saying the plane caught fire after it careened off the runway while landing and crashed into a football ground near the airport. TIA and Nepal Army teams have been rushed into rescue operations.

49 passengers dead after plane crashes at Kathmandu Airport

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Death toll in Nepal crash rises to 51, Bangladeshi experts join probe

49 passengers dead after plane crashes at Kathmandu Airport