A plane flying from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka and carrying 71 passengers and crew has crashed on landing at Nepal's Kathmandu airport.<br />Nearly 50 people are reported to have been killed. <br />Ro Aram reports.<br /> <br /> Flight BS211 veered off the runway on a cloudy Monday afternoon as it came in to land at the Nepalese capital’s hill-ringed airport.<br />There are conflicting accounts from the airliner and the airport on what happened. <br />The CEO of U.S.-Bangla Airlines accuses Kathmandu's air traffic control for giving wrong signals.<br />He added that the captain, who survived the crash, had more than five thousand flying hours under his belt.<br />He insisted that after hearing air traffic control conversation, the pilot was not to blame. <br />But the general manager of the airport says the pilot disregarded their messages and came in from the wrong direction. <br />Airport officials had apparently told the pilot to approach the runway from the south, but he instead came in for landing from the north. <br />When asked if things were okay, they said the pilot replied, "Yes." <br />Officials then told him that the plane was not properly aligned with the runway to which there was no reply.<br /> Witnesses say the plane swerved repeatedly and was flying low before the accident happened.<br />The charred remnants of the aircraft have been scattered across a grassy field near the runway and rescuers are scouring the crash site. <br />Just over a dozen people are said to have been pulled from the wreckage and are receiving treatment at a nearby hospital. <br />The Nepalese prime minister, who visited the crash site, has promised an immediate investigation.<br /> The mountainous area of Nepal is notorious for poor air safety and small planes often run into trouble at remote airstrips.<br />Ro Aram, Arirang News. <br />
