He was only steps away from achieving his dream of becoming a pilot.
In fact, this was his last flight as a
co
-pilot aboard a Yeti Airlines plane.
But fate did not want it that way:
Anju Khatiwada
, a woman who loved to fly,
died
this Sunday, January 15, in the tragic accident in Nepal.
But there is more.
It is that fate wanted her story to be, unfortunately, very similar to that of her first husband,
Deepak Pokhrel
, who was also a co-pilot and
died in an air incident working for the same airline on June 21, 2006.
Almost 17 years
ago
Six passengers and four crew members who died were traveling in it.
One of the dead people was, precisely, Anju's husband.
Anju Khatiwada's first husband was also a co-pilot and died in a plane crash working for Yeti Airlines.
Photo: Web
The dramatic story of Anju Khatiwada
According to local media reports,
Anju Khatiwada
was born in
Biratnagar
, a municipality in southeastern Nepal.
She there she finished high school and then went to study in India and trained in America.
After her first husband's accident - which had a lot of coincidences with the one that happened now - she began working for
Yeti Airlines
.
Anju had a
22-year-old daughter by
her first marriage and a
7-year-old boy by
her second husband.
This Sunday was not another flight.
It would be the last time he would accompany from the passenger seat.
It's that Anju was about to
get a master pilot's license
and would be the commander in charge of the airships.
So, with the idea of completing the mandatory 100 hours in the air and becoming an aircraft captain,
Anju was making this trip with her instructor
, Kamal KC, a senior pilot with 35 years of experience.
Once the flight landed, Anju would become a pilot.
Photo: The Nepali Post
As local media highlight, Anju
had successfully landed
at almost all airports in Nepal before.
Once they landed, she would have been able to fulfill her greatest wish.
She didn't make it,
in less than 10 seconds everything collapsed.
The plane, an ATR-72 twin-engine turboprop,
crashed in wooded terrain located on the banks of the Seti River,
which flows between the former domestic airport and Pokhra International Airport,
Only twenty minutes had passed since takeoff and the aircraft was
about to land
at the Pokhara airport, a very popular tourist center in that country.
On board were
72 people
, 4 crew members and 68 passengers, including an Argentine, five Indian citizens, four Russians, two Koreans, an Australian, an Irishman and a Frenchman, the airline spokesman said as soon as he knew about the accident.
So far, 68 bodies have been recovered and intensive work is underway to find the remaining four.
Condolences from the authorities
As reported by the Nepalese authorities, this became the
worst plane crash
in that country in the last three decades.
On the fact, the
Prime Minister of Nepal
, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, indicated that he was "deeply saddened by the sad and tragic accident."
For the authorities, this was the worst plane crash in the last three decades.
Photo: EFE/EPA
For his part, Jyotiraditya Scindia, the country
's Aviation Minister
, tweeted his condolences.
"The loss of life in a tragic plane crash in Nepal is extremely unfortunate. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the mourners," he posted.
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