At least 38 dead after a plane crash-landed and burst into flames at an airport in Nepal

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Wreckage of an airplane is pictured as rescue workers operate at Kathmandu airport, Nepal, on Monday.

At least 38 people have died after a commercial plane crashed over a football pitch in Nepal on Monday.

The plane, operated by Bangladeshi airline US-Bangla, veered off the runway while landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport in the capital city shortly after 2 p.m. local time (NPT).

The twin-propeller Bombardier Dash 8 swerved repeatedly before it crashed, the AP said. It then landed into an empty field and burst into flames, The New York Times said.

It had been carrying 67 people and four crew members from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The death toll was reported by the Associated Press, who cited a police official. Twenty-three people are injured, and the others are yet to be accounted for.

Social media footage showed a plume of black smoke arising from the wreckage, and dozens of firefighters and emergency personnel attending the scene.

More follows.