US-Bangla plane crash: 49 confirmed dead; 33 Nepalis ob board

Katmandu / Mar 12: Forty-nine people lost their lives as a plane carrying 71 people crashed on landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport today at 2:18 pm.

According to Spokesperson of the Nepal Police, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Manoj Neupaney, 49 people were killed in the crash while 22 people are currently undergoing treatment at various hospitals in the capital city. Out of the 49 casualties, 22 are Nepali nationals, four crew members and 23 other nationals.

There were 71 people on board including four crew-members in the US Bangla Airlines, Flight BS 211, flying from Dhaka to Kathmandu.

Of the deceased, 31 bodies were recovered from the charred wreckage while 18 were pronounced dead in the hospitals.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli expressed his condolences to the families of those that have lost their lives in the incident and wished speedy recovery for the survivors under treatment.

The Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Home Minister, Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Paudel, and the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal had reached the incident site to take stock of the unfortunate event.

PM Oli also stated through a tweet that the government will investigate the incident immediately.

Here is the list of the passengers, who were on board:

1. Mrs Rizana Abdulla (MDV)

2. Mr Ahmed Foysal(BGD)

3. Ms Shahreen Ahmed(BGD)

4. Mr Eakub Ali (BGD)

5. Mr Alifuzzaman (BGD)

6. Mrs Almun Nahar Annie (BGD)

7. Miss Bilkis Ara (BGD)

8. Mrs SilaBajgain (NPL)

9. Mrs Begum Hurun Nahar Bilquis Banu (BGD)

10. Ms AlginaBaral (NPL)

11. Ms Charu Baral (NPL)

12. Mrs Mst Akhtara Begum (BGD)

13. Mr Md Shahin Bepari (BGD)

14. Mr Sobindra Singh Bohara NPL

15. Mr Basanta Bohora

16. Ms Samira Byanjankar (NPL)

17. Mr Prabin Chitrakar

18. Ms Nazia Afrin Chowdhury (BGD)

19. Miss SajanaDevkota

20. Ms Princy Dhami (NPL)

21. Mrs Gyani Kumari Gurung (NPL)

22. Mr Md RezwanulHaque (BGD)

23. Mr Md Rokibul Hasan (BGD)

24. Mr Mehedi Hasan (BGD)

25. Mrs Emrana Kabir Hashi (BGD)

26. Mr Md Kabir Hossain (BGD)

27. Mr Dinesh Humagain

28. Ms SanzidaHuque (BGD)

29. Mr Md Hasan Imam (BGD)

30. Mr Mohammad Nazrul Islam (BGD)

31. Ms Shreya Jha (NPL)

32. Ms Purnima Lohani (NPL)

33. Ms Meeli Maharjan (NPL)

34. Ms Neega Maharjan (NPL)

35. Mr Sanjaya Maharjan (NPL)

36. Mr Zhang Ming (CHN)

37. Ms Akhi Moni (BGD)

38. Mr Meenhaz Bin Nasir (BGD)

39. Mr Keshav Pandey

40. Mr Prasanna Pandey (NPL)

41. Mr Binod Raj Paudyal

42. Mr Hari Shankar Poudel

43. Mr Sanjay Poudel (NPL)

44. Mr FH Priok (BGD)

45. CHD TamarraPrionmoyee (BGD)

46. Mr Md Motiur Rahman (BGD)

47. Mr SM Mahmudur Rahman (BGD)

48. Mr Ashish Ranjit

49. MsTahiraTanvin Shashi Reza (BGD)

50. Mr Pias Roy (BGD)

51. Mr Sheikh RashedRubayet (BGD)

52. MR Krishna Kumar Sahani (NPL)

53. MS Umme Salma (BGD)

54. MS Ashna Shakya (NPL)

55. MR Sanam Shakya

56. MS Anjila Shrestha (NPL)

57. MS SarunaShreshta (NPL)

58. MRS Saiyada Kamrunnahar Shwarna (BGD)

59. MR Hari Prasad Subedi

60. MR Dayaram Tamrakar (NPL)

61. Bal Krishna Thapa (NPL)

62. MS Shweta Thapa (NPL)

63. MR Kishore Tripathi 64. MR Abadhesh Kumar Yadav (NPL)

65. CHD Aniruddha Zaman (BGD)

66. MR Md Nuruz Zaman (BGD)

67. MR Md Rafiquz Zaman (BGD)