Iran condoles with Bangladesh over plane crash

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News ID: 20489
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 14:55 - 13 March 2018
TEHRAN, March 13 - Iran expressed sympathy with Bangladesh government and nation over the deadly plane crash that killed 50 people onboard.

Iran condoles with Bangladesh over plane crashTEHRAN,Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi expressed sorrow over the tragic event, extended condolences to families of the victims.

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

The US-Bangla Airlines plane, arriving from Dhaka, went off the runway while landing and crashed on the east side of the Tribhuvan International Airport's runway on Monday. It then caught fire.

Live footage posted on Facebook showed the towering columns of smoke rising behind the runway, where another plane stood waiting on the tarmac.

"We have recovered 50 dead bodies so far," said army spokesman Gokul Bhandari, adding that several people had been rescued from the burning wreckage of the Bombardier Q400 series aircraft while nine people were still unaccounted for.

 

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