Bodies of 3 plane crash victims to reach Dhaka today
Published : 22 Mar 2018, 16:34
A Biman flight carrying the rest three bodies of the US-Bangla plane crash victims will reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka this afternoon.
The Biman flight carrying the bodies is likely to reach the airport between 4:30pm and 5:00pm.
The bodies will be handed over to the victims’ relatives at the airport, said Md Salim, station manager of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in Kathmandu.
The identities of the three remaining Bangladeshi victims were confirmed on Tuesday.
They are Nazrul Islam, 62, Mollah Alifuzzaman, 30, and Pias Roy, 23, according to a top official of US-Bangla Airlines.
The flight, which was scheduled to reach Dhaka airport at 3:00pm today, was delayed due to bad weather in Kathmandu of Nepal, Md Salim said.
The crash of US-Bangla flight BS211 at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on March 12 killed 51 people, 26 of them were Bangladeshis.
On Monday, bodies of 23 victims were brought back to Bangladesh.
On that day, the nation paid tribute to the victims of the tragic crash that claimed 26 Bangladeshi lives, destroying and devastating families.
At least 20 people survived the crash, 10 of them are Bangladeshis.
Source: thedailystar