Nepal plane crash survivor Kabir now at DMCH

Staff Correspondent: Kabir Hossain, a survivor of the US-Bangla plane crash, was brought back to Dhaka by a flight of Biman Bangladesh airlines that landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday noon.

Kabir was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) by an ambulance from the airport around 4:30pm. He has been kept at the burn unit of the DMCH where he will undergo treatment.

Six other survivors Shahreen Ahmed, Mehedi Hasan, Saiyada Kamrunnahar Shwarna, Almun Nahar Annie and Sheikh Rashed Rubayet and Md Shahin Bepari have already reached Bangladesh from Nepal in last four days and all of them are undergoing treatment at DMCH.

Quoting doctors from Nepal, Hena Kabir, wife of Kabir Hossain, told journalists that his two legs were broken. He also received head and chest injuries.

On March 12, 51 people were killed, including 26 Bangladeshi nationals, when the US-Bangla Airlines plane crashed in Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport while landing.


risingbd/Dhaka/March 19, 2018/Nur/AI