A pilot couple killed in air crashes in Nepal - 16 years apart

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In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal's Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a small passenger plane he was flying for the domestic carrier went down minutes before landing.

Published 4 months ago · Kathmandu, Nepal

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Times of India

A pilot couple killed in air crashes in Nepal - 16 years apart

On Sunday, Anju Khatiwada, 44, was the co-pilot on a Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu that crashed as it approached the city of Pokhara, killing at least 68 people in the Himalayan nation's deadliest plane accident in three decades. Her husband, Dipak Pokhrel, died in 2006 in a crash of a Twin Otter plane of Yeti Airlines in Jumla.

4 months ago·Mumbai, India

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BBC News

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

4 months ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Co-pilot of Crashed Nepal Plane was Seconds Away from Becoming Pilot, Husband Died in Similar Mishap

The co-pilot of the Yeti Airlines plane was seconds away from achieving her dreams of becoming a captain when the ill-fated plane crashed into a forested area in Nepal. Her husband was also working with Yeti Airlines like Anju. The husband died, sixteen years ago on June 21, 2006, when Yeti Airlines 9N AEQ aircraft on its way to Jumla from Nepalganj crashed leaving six passengers dead.

4 months ago·India

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