Nepal revises plane crash death figure to 49
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.
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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