Delhi (CNN) At least 49 people were killed when a plane approached the runway from the wrong direction, crashed and burst into flames while landing at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan Airport in Nepal on Monday.

Flight BS 211, which belongs to US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned Bangladeshi carrier, was flying from Dhaka, Bangladesh, police spokesperson Manoj Neupane said.

There were 71 passengers on the plane, including the crew, said Kamrul Islam, the head of public relations for US-Bangla.

Forty bodies were recovered at the scene, nine died in hospital and 22 survivors are receiving treatment in hospital after the crash at 2:15 p.m. local time, Neupane said.

Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Emergency personnel work around the wreckage of a plane that crashed while landing at the Tribhuvan Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday, March 12. Flight BS 211, which was flying in from Dhaka, Bangladesh, crashed and burst into flames after approaching the runway from the wrong direction, officials said. Dozens were killed. Hide Caption 1 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Plane crash survivor Sanam Shakya, center, talks with his parents at a hospital in Kathmandu. Hide Caption 2 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Staff from US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned Bangladeshi carrier, work at an office in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 12. Flight BS 211 belongs to US-Bangla. Hide Caption 3 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Rescuers gather around the crash site on March 12. Hide Caption 4 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Rescuers work to recover victims on March 12. Officials said 40 bodies were recovered at the scene and nine died at the hospital. Twenty-two survivors were receiving treatment. Hide Caption 5 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Firefighters hose down the plane. Hide Caption 6 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal A rescuer searches the plane's debris. The aircraft's two recorders -- the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder -- have been recovered. Hide Caption 7 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Emergency crews work around the crash site. Hide Caption 8 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Onlookers gather near the scene of the crash. The passengers were mainly Nepalese and Bangladeshi. Hide Caption 9 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Fire trucks work to extinguish the plane's smoldering wreckage. Hide Caption 10 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Rescuers survey the crash site. Hide Caption 11 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Emergency teams work around the wreckage. Hide Caption 12 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Rescuers survey the plane's smoking debris. Hide Caption 13 of 14 Photos: Plane crashes at airport in Nepal Crews respond to the crash. According to Flightradar24, the plane was a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, which the company describes as "the world's most modern turboprop." Hide Caption 14 of 14

The passengers were mainly Nepalese and Bangladeshi with one from China and one from the Maldives, Tribhuvan Airport general manager Raj Kumar Chhetri told CNN. All four crew members were from Bangladesh, officials said.

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