ATC mix-up? At least 50 die in Kathmandu airport crash

航空交通管制混乱?至少有50人死于加德满都机场坠机事件

KATHMANDU: A Bangladeshi aircraft carrying 67 passengers and four crewcrashed on Monday + while coming in to land at the airport in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, killing at least 50 people, officials said.

加德满都: 官方称一架载有67名乘客和4名机组成员的孟加拉国飞机本周一在降落到尼泊尔首都加德满都机场时坠毁，造成50余人死亡。

The plane, operated by US-Bangla Airlines, was on a flight from Dhaka when it hit an airport fence and burst into flames, said Raj Kumar Chettri, general manager of the hill-ringed airport, which is prone to bird strikes and other hazards.

这个四周环山的机场的总经理拉加说，这家由美国-孟加拉航空公司运营的飞机从达卡起飞，在撞到机场围栏后突然起火，可能是飞机与鸟群相撞和其他故障导致的。

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

军方发言人戈库尔称“我们已经发现了50具尸体”。有几个人被从庞巴迪Q400飞机的残骸中救出，但仍有九人下落不明，他说。

The aircraft burst into flames and came to rest in a field near the tarmac of Tribhuvan International Airport.

飞机起火燃烧后在特里布万国际机场的飞机跑道附近停了下来。

Many of the bodies that lay on the tarmac covered by cloth were charred, witnesses said. Thick plumes of smoke could be seen from the aircraft.

目击者称，大部分尸体被停放在跑道上，身上的衣物已烧焦。飞机上还笼罩在浓浓的烟雾中。

Later, photographs showed the fire had been put out, with army personnel and rescue workers at the scene.

稍后公布的照片显示，火已被扑灭，军方人员和救援队员还留在现场。

Data from tracking website Flightradar24.com showed the aircraft was 17 years old. The aircraft descended to an airport altitude of 4,400 feet and then ascended up to 6,600 feet before crashing about two minutes later, the website said.

Flightradar24.com的数据显示，这架飞机已有17年历史。网站显示飞机降落到4400英尺的机场高度，然后又上升到6600英尺，随后大约两分钟后坠毁。

Mountainous Nepal has had a poor air safety record. Small aircraft ply an extensive domestic network and often run into trouble at remote airstrips.

A Thai Airways flight from Bangkok crashed while trying to land in Kathmandu in 1992 killing all on board.

尼泊尔山区的航空安全记录很差。小飞机往返于密集的国内航线，在远程飞机跑道经常会遇到麻烦。1992年，一架曼谷起飞的泰国航空公司的飞机在尝试降落在加德满都时坠毁，机上所有人员无一生还。

US-Bangla Airlines is a unit of the US-Bangla Group, a U.S. Bangladeshi joint venture company. A spokesman for the airline in Dhaka had no immediate comment.

美国-孟加拉航空公司属于美-孟合资的美国-孟加拉集团。位于达卡的该航空公司的发言人并未立即发表评论。

The Bangladeshi carrier launched operations in July 2014 and operates Bombardier and Boeing aircraft.

这家孟加拉航空公司2014年7月开始运营，使用的是庞巴迪和波音公司的飞机。

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