A pilot couple killed in air crashes in Nepal - 16 years apart
- Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal's Yeti Airlines in 2010, following her husband, who died in a 2006 crash.
- On January 15, 2024, Khatiwada was co-pilot on a Yeti Airlines flight that crashed, killing at least 68 people.
- Khatiwada's remains are not yet identified, but she is feared dead, according to Yeti Airlines spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula.
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Nepal plane disaster co-pilot's husband died flying for same airline
The co-pilot of the Yeti Airlines flight that crashed in Nepal earlier this week had a husband who died while flying for the same airline years earlier.Anju Khatiwada had pursued years of pilot training in the US after her husband died in a 2006 plane crash while flying for Yeti Airlines.Dipak Pokhrel was flying a DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 plane when it crashed in Nepal's Jumla district and burst into flames, killing all nine people on board.READ MO…
Passenger captured Nepal plane crash on live video; co-pilot died 17 years after husband faced same fate
Airplane passenger Sonu Jaiswal's 90-second smartphone video began with the aircraft approaching the runway. It then captured the moment the plane crashed.
The story of the co-pilot who died in the plane crash in Nepal 16 years after her husband died in an accident with the same airline
Anju Khatiwada's family, friends and colleagues described her as a “courageous woman”, who overcame the loss of her husband and followed in his footsteps in the world of civil aviation
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