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There was confusion and conflicting communication between the pilot and the airport tower control. The tower intially gave clearance to land on runway 02, but, the the tower had to warn the aircrew that they were approaching runways 20. Further conversation between the pailot and the control tower continued to confusion the ranway.
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At 14:80 local time he aircraft passed the threshold of runway 02 and touched down, and then veered off the runway and crashed through the Airport's perimeter fence and on to a soccer field, breaking into several section and bursting into flame. According to eyewitness, the plane was not aligned properly with the runway.
One of the survivors noted that "the plane had begun to behave strangely" Ground workers started that aircraft swayed repeatedly. A survivors recalled that while the plane was landing it shook violently and crashed, followed by loud bangs.
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Firefighters and emergency service were immediately deployed. It took 15 minutes for firefighters to douse the flames. Thirty-one people were transported to several hospital in kathmandu, many of them critically injured. Rescue workers immediately found eight bodies in the crush site.
Further search and rescue operation found 32 more bodies. 51 people were killed in the crash; of these, 40 people died on the scene, while 11 others were declare dead in hospital. This number was initially only nine. The Airport was closed for three hours due to the crash.
