Rescue workers pull bodies out of plane wreckage at Kathmandu airport

Reuters, Kathmandu, Mar 12 2018, 15:57 IST
There were 71 people on board the plane and 17 had been rescued, an airport official said earlier. Image Courtesy: ANI/Twitter

There were 71 people on board the plane and 17 had been rescued, an airport official said earlier. Image Courtesy: ANI/Twitter

Rescue workers recovered badly burnt bodies from the wreckage of a Bangladeshi aircraft that crashed while coming in to land at Nepal's Kathmandu airport on Monday, a Reuters witness said.

There were 71 people on board the plane and 17 had been rescued, an airport official said earlier. The number of dead and injured was not known.

A Reuters photographer said he could see bodies covered in cloth laid out near the tarmac of the airport.