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Nepal revises plane crash death figure to 49

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People light candles in memory of the victims of the US-Bangla aircraft crash in Nepal, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 15 March, 2018. Photo: Reuters
People light candles in memory of the victims of the US-Bangla aircraft crash in Nepal, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 15 March, 2018. Photo: Reuters

The home ministry of Nepal has corrected the number of deaths in the US Bangla plane crash in Tribhuvan International Airport on Monday afternoon, reports Nepalese newspaper Kathmandu Post.

Earlier, the ministry had put the death toll at 51.

Rescue workers work at the wreckage of a US-Bangla airplane after it crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal 12 March, 2018. Photo: Reuters
Rescue workers work at the wreckage of a US-Bangla airplane after it crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal 12 March, 2018. Photo: Reuters

According to the Kathmandu Post, the ministry in a statement on Wednesday said 49 persons including four crewmembers were killed in the crash.

Of the dead, 26 were Bangladeshis, 22 Nepalese and one Chinese.

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