Confusion Over Landing Before Nepal Plane Crash Killed 49
Rescue workers gather around the debris of an airplane that crashed near the international airport in Kathmandu on March 12.
Photographer: Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images
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Kathmandu, Nepal (AP) -- "I say again, turn!" the air traffic controller called over the radio, his voice rising, as the flight from Bangladesh swerved low over the runway at Kathmandu's small airport.
Seconds later, the plane crashed into a field beside the runway, erupting in flames and leaving 49 of the 71 people on board dead.