‘People were burning, shouting and falling down. It was horrific’
Kathmandu, March 12
Bangladeshi citizen Shahreen Ahmed, 29, is one of the passengers of US-Bangla aircraft who survived the crash and is undergoing treatment for burn injuries at Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital.
“I was travelling with my friend. When the aircraft was about to land it started turning left. People started shouting. We looked back and saw that the aircraft was on fire. My friend told me to run ahead of him. But while we were running fire engulfed him. He fell down. People were burning, shouting and were falling down. Three people jumped from the burning craft. It was horrific. Fortunately, someone pulled me to safety,” a teary-eyed Shahreen told THT.
A teacher by profession, Shahreen had planned to visit Kathmandu and Pokhara.
“She has a Lisfranc injury on her right foot. We have put it in a cast. She will undergo surgery after the swelling subsides. She also suffered 18 per cent burns on her back,” said Dr Nazir Khan, orthoresident at the hospital.
Another Bangladeshi citizen, Mehdi Hasan, was travelling by air for the first time. His wife, cousin and her daughter were accompanying him. “My seat was at the back. When I saw fire I looked for my family. We tried to break open the window, but in vain. We were looking for someone to rescue us. My wife and I were rescued but my cousin and her daughter are missing,” he told THT.
Shahreen and Mehdi Hasan are among the 12 injured survivors undergoing treatment at Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital. Four others who were brought to the hospital have been referred to Grande International Hospital, Neuro Hospital and Nepal Mediciti Hospital. Representatives from the Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh visited the hospital.
Passengers on the ill-fated US-Bangla Airline flight
Nepal
1
Abadhesh Kumar Yadav
2
Algina Baral
3
Anjila Shrestha
4
Ashish Ranjit
5
Ashna Shakya
6
Bal Krishna Thapa
7
Basanta Bohara
8
Charu Baral
9
Dayaram Tamrakar
10
Dinesh Humagain
11
Gyani Kumari Gurung
12
Hari Prasad Subedi
13
Hari Sankar Poudel
14
Kishore Tripathi
15
Krishna Kumar Sahani
16
Prabin Chitrakar
17
Princy Dhami
18
Sajana Devkota
19
Samira Byanjakar
20
Sanam Shakya
21
Sanjay Poudel
22
Saruna Shrestha
23
Shreya Jha
24
Shweta Thapa
25
Sila Bajgain
26
Sobindra Singh Bohara
27
Purnima Lohani
28
Meeli Maharjan
29
Neega Maharjan
30
Sanjay Maharjan
31
Keshav Pandey
32
Prasanna Pandey
33
Binod Raj Paudel
Bangladesh
34
Almun Nahar Annie
35
Aniruddha Zaman
36
Begum Hurun Nahar Bilquis Banu
37
Bilkis Ara
38
Eakub Ali
39
Emrana Kabir Hasan
40
FH Priok
41
Foysal Ahmed
42
Md Hasan Imam
43
Md Kabir Hossain
44
Md Motiur Rahman
45
Md Nuruz Zaman
46
Md Rafiquz Zaman
47
Md Rezwanul Haque
48
Md Rokibul Hasan
49
Md Shahin Bepari
50
Meenhaz Bin Nasir
51
Mehedi Hasan
52
Mohammad Nazrul Islam
53
MR Alifuzzaman
54
Mst Akhtara Begum
55
Nazia Afrin Chowdhury
56
Pias Roy
57
S M Mahmudur Rahman
58
Saiyada Kamrunnahar Shwarna
59
Sanzida Huque
60
Shahreen Ahmed
61
Sheikh Rashed Rubayet
62
Tahrina Tanvin Shashi Reza
63
Tamarra Pionmoyee
64
Umme Salma
65
Ms Moni
Maldives
66
Rizana Abdulla
China
67
Zhang Ming
Under treatment in hospitals
1
Princy Dhami,
2
Samira Byanjakar
3
Kishore Tripathi
4
Hari Prasad Subedi
5
Basanta Bohara
6
Keshav Pandey
7
Ashis Ranjit
8
Sonam Shakya
9
Dayaram Tamrakar
10
Dinesh Humagain
11
Binod Paudel
12
Imran Kabir Hasan
13
Md Rezwanul Haque
14
Md Kabir Hossain
15
Rasid Hasan
16
Mehedi Hasan
17
Shahreen Ahmed
18
Rizwan Haque
19
Md Shahin Bepari
20
Rizana Abdulla
21
Saiyada Kamrunnahar Shwarna
22
Unidentified (foreigner)
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