13 medical students were in aircraft

Wreckage of the aircraft of US-Bangla Airlines is pictured as rescue workers operate at Kathmandu airport, Nepal on March 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters

At least 13 Nepali students of Ragib-Rabeya Medical College Hospital in Sylhet were in the US Bangla aircraft that crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport this afternoon.

Condition of three of them are stated to be critical while two were taken to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Nepal, Mytrayee Dev Roy, a teacher of the medical college, told.

They were returning to Kathmunda from Bangladesh after finishing their final examinations, said Roy, also an associate professor of the medical college. The condition of the students after the crash could not be known yet. 

The 13 Nepali students are-

1. Sanjay Poudel

2. Sanjaya Maharjan

3. Neega Maharjan

4. Anjila Shrestha

5. Purnima Lohani

6. Sweta Thapa

7. Meeli Maharjan

8. Saruna Shrestha

9. Algina Baral

10. Charu Baral

11. Samira Byanjankar

12. Ashna Shakya

13. Princy Dhami

Source: thedailystar