1 more crash victim hospitalised at DMCH

One more victim of the US-Bangla plane crash has been hospitalised at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Shaheen Bepari, 33, was hospitalised with 15 percent deep burns on the hands, body and his back around 5:10pm, Dr Samanta Lal Sen, national coordinator of burn unit, told The Daily Star this evening.

He is the sixth crash victim attending treatment at the hospital.

His uncle, Shahjahan Bepari, told The Daily Star that Shaheen is a businessman of Sadarghat. He was travelling to Nepal for tourism purpose.

Already, Mehedi Hasan, Saiyada Kamrunnahar Shwarna and Almun Nahar Annie, Shahreen Ahmed, and Sheikh Rashed Rubayet are attending treatment at the hospital.

A Bombardier Dash 8 of US-Bangla with 71 people slammed on an empty field and burst into flames at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmundu, Nepal, last Monday.

The tally of 51 dead of the crashed US-Bangla Airlines plane include 28 Bangladeshis. Most of the dead victims have been burned beyond recognition. There are 10 Bangladeshi survivors.