<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The death toll in Nepal's plane crash has risen to 49.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">A plane carrying 71 passengers and crew has crashed on landing at Nepal's Kathmandu airport.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">Rescuers pulled bodies from the charred wreckage of the plane, operated by Bangladeshi airline US-Bangla, after a raging fire was put out.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">Flight BS211 veered off the runway while landing today afternoon. One survivor who managed to break through a window says, the aircraft gave a violent shake, followed by a bang.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">Nepal Army spokesperson Brigadier Gokul Bhandari said that rescue operations have been completed. He told AIR that 22 people are being treated in hospital for injuries.</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">Offering his condolences, Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli assured of an immediate investigation. This is the worst aviation disaster to hit Nepal in nearly three decades.</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">The aircraft took off from Dhaka and landed at the airport at 2:20 pm (local time).</div></div></div></div></div>