Another survivor Kabir Hossain returns

Kabir Hossain, one of the injured victims of the US-Bangla plane crash, was brought back to Dhaka this afternoon.

A Biman Bangladesh flight carrying him landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 3:30pm, a source at the Biman Bangladesh, told The Daily Star.

From the Dhaka airport, he was directly taken to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), reports our staff correspondent from the spot.

Hailing from Shibchar of Madaripur district, Kabir, 53, is a cosmetic trader by profession, his wife Hena Kabir told The Daily Star.

On March 12, he was going to Nepal by the US-Bangla flight BS211 to buy cosmetic goods. He suffered from severe pain in his two legs and chest during the plane crash, his wife added.

Kabir and six other Bangladeshis, who survived the US-Bangla plane crash at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu, were brought back to home and admitted to the DMCH’s burn and plastic surgery unit.  

Survivors Mehedi and his wife Shwarna and Almunnahar Annie arrived on Friday while survivor Shahreen came back on Thursday.

Sheikh Rashed Rubayet, 33, a senior executive of Bank Asia, was admitted to the burn unit of the DMCH on his arrival from Kathmandu Saturday afternoon while survivor Shahin Bepari was brought to home yesterday.

Meanwhile, Imrana Kabir Hashi was being treated at the ICU of Norvic International Hospital in Kathmandu with 30 percent burn injuries. She was flown to Singapore yesterday for better treatment.

Her husband Rakibul died in the crash. The couple married in 2012, family sources said.

The government has formed a 13-member medical board, headed by Coordinator of DMCH's Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit Dr Samanta Lal Sen, for quick recovery of the survivors.

At least 51 people were killed as the US-Bangla Airlines aircraft crashed and burst into flames while landing at the Kathmandu airport in Nepal on March 12. Twenty-six Bangladeshis were among the dead.