Nepal plane crash
Co-pilot Anju lost husband in similar mishap 16yrs ago
One of the two pilots in Sunday's deadly Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal was Anju Khatiwada, who lost her husband, co-pilot Deepak Pokharel, in a similar plane crash at the country's domestic Jumla airport 16 years ago.
Anju Khatiwada lost her life and her dreams just moment before realising them, mirroring the fate of her late husband, Deepak Pokhrel, reports India today.
The plane was piloted by senior Capitan Kamal KC and Anju Khatiwada was the co-pilot on the aircraft during a 27-minute flight.
On Sunday, the plane crashed into forested land near the Seti River, which runs between the old domestic airport and Pokhara International Airport.
Rescuers have recovered 68 bodies of the 72 people onboard the ATR 72 aircraft, which crashed in the tourist city of Pokhara minutes before landing in clear weather, media reports.
Anju Khatiwada lost her husband to a plane crash on June 21, 2006. Her husband was also a co-pilot and, coincidentally, for Yeti Airlines itself. 16 years ago, Yeti Airlines 9N AEQ aircraft on its way to Jumla from Nepalganj via Surkhet crashed wherein 6 passengers and four crew members were killed. One of them was Anju's husband, it said.
This was to be Anju Khativada's final flight as a pilot. She was supposed to take over as captain after her successful landing on Sunday.
Anju Khatiwada had taken the flight with the senior pilot and her instructor, Kamal KC, in order to complete her flight hours and become a captain. To become a pilot, one must have at least 100 hours of flight time. Anju Khatiwada had previously successfully landed in almost all of Nepal's airports, the report said.
After a successful landing on Sunday, Anju Khatiwada was about to get a chief pilot's license. However, merely 10 seconds away from her goal, her dreams came crashing down and went up in smoke it added.
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