DHAKA, March 21, 2018 (BSS) – The bodies of last three ill-fated out of 26 victims of US-Bangla deadly plane crash in Kathmandu last week have been finally identified. The bodies are likely to be brought back to the country tomorrow.
“The bodies of rest three Bangladeshi passengers were identified and the Bangladesh mission in Nepal is taking preparation to send the bodies here,” Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal told journalists after visiting the wife of ill-fated pilot of the crashed aircraft Abid Sultan at a local hospital in the city.
The minister said the bodies will probably arrive here by a regular Biman Bangladesh flight tomorrow.
“It is not confirmed yet when the bodies will arrive,” he added.
Shahjahan said Bangladesh authorities are working closely with the Nepal government to bring back the bodies at shortly possible time.
The identified three victims are – Alifuzzaman, Nazrul Islam and Piyash Roy, sources said.
Afsana Khanom, wife of pilot Abid Sultan who died in the US-Bangla aircraft crash in Kathmandu, has been kept on life support at the National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital.
The minister inquired about the treatment of Afsana and said the government is ready to provide all kind of support for her highest treatment. “If required, we will send her abroad for better treatment,” he added.
On Monday, identified bodies of 23 Bangladeshi passengers who were killed at the plane crash in Trivuban International Airport in Kathmandu on March 12, leaving at least 49 people dead, including 22 Nepalese and one Chinese national were brought back here by a cargo aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force.
Those 23 victims are Foysal Ahmed, Bilkis Ara, Begum Hurun Nahar Bilquis Banu, Akhtara Begum, Nazia Afrin Chowdhury, Rokibul Hasan, Hasan Imam, Akhi Moni, Meenhaz Bin Nasir, Faruk Hossain Priok, his 2-year-old daughter Tamarra Prionmoyee, Motiur Rahman, SM Mahmudur Rahman, Tahira Tanvin Shahshi Reza, Begum Umme Salma, Nd Nuruz Zaman, Rafiq Zaman, his wife Sanzida Huque and their 6-year-old son Aniruddha Zaman and four crews – Pilot Abid Sultan, co- pilot Prithula Rashid and flight attendants Khwaja Hossain Mohammad Shafey and Sharmeen Akter Nabila.
A survivor of the crash Kabir Hossain was also brought back by the same flight on that day and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) by an ambulance from the airport.
Six other survivors – Shahreen Ahmed, Mehedi Hasan, Saiyada Kamrunnahar Shwarna, Almun Nahar Annie and Sheikh Rashed Rubayet and Md Shahin Bepari have already reached here in last four days and all of them are undergoing treatment at DMCH.
Earlier, two critically Bangladeshi passengers Emrana Kabir Hashi and Rezwanul Haque were sent to Singapore from Kathmandu for better treatment, US-Bangla General Manager official sources said.
The last injured Bangladeshi passenger Eakub Ali is being treated in Nepal while Bangladesh Mission in Kathmandu is trying to transfer him to New Delhi for better treatment, the sources added.