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Anju Khatiwada was the co-pilot of the Yeti Airlines plane which crashed in Pokhara Nepal on Sunday (15/1/2023). Photo/the quint
POKHARA – Anju Khatiwada, co-pilot of the Yeti Airlines plane that crashed in Pokhara Nepal on Sunday (15/1/2023) will be the chief pilot when it lands at Pokhara International Airport.
However, minutes before landing, the ATR-72 plane with 68 passengers and four crew members, crashed into a river canyon in Nayagaun.
Nepalkhabar news portal reported that Nepali authorities had so far recovered 68 bodies, while the search for the remaining remains continued on Monday.
In a tragic twist of fate, Khatiwada, who was only minutes from achieving her dream, ended up sharing her fate with husband Deepak Pokhrel.
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The husband apparently died 16 years ago in a plane crash belonging to Yeti Airlines as well.
“Her husband, Deepak Pokhrel, died in 2006 in the crash of a Twin Otter plane owned by Yeti Airlines in Jumla,” airline spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula told Reuters.
“She got pilot training with the money she got from insurance after the death of her husband,” said Bartaula.
“Airlines AEQ 9N has crashed on 21 June 2006 on its way from Nepalganj to Jumla via Surkhet, resulting in the death of six passengers and four crew members, including co-pilot Pokhrel,” the Nepali Times reported.
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