Nepal Plane Crash: Husband also died in a plane crash, promotion was about to happen; The story of co-pilot Anju Khativada is painful.

Kathmandu: Yeti Airlines plane ATR-72 crashed 10 seconds before landing at Nepal’s Pokhara International Airport on January 15 (Yeti Airlines Plane Crash). There were a total of 72 passengers including 4 crew members and 5 Indians in this flight, who were going from Kathmandu to Pokhara. All the passengers are feared dead in this plane crash, so far 68 bodies have been recovered. Chief pilot Kamal KC and his co-pilot Anju Khativada were flying this aircraft. Kamal KC had 35 years of aircraft piloting experience. Kamal KC had trained many pilots during his career in the aviation sector.

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The story of Anju, the co-pilot of Yeti Airlines’ ATR-72 aircraft, is very emotional. This was the last flight of Anju Khativada as co-pilot. He was about to be promoted after the successful landing of this aircraft. She was about to become captain from co-pilot. Means Chief Pilot, for which at least 100 hours of flying experience is required. Anju had earlier successfully landed the plane at almost all the airports of Nepal. According to Nepali media, while flying from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu to Pokhara, Captain Kamal KC of the ATR-72 plane handed over the seat of the chief pilot to Anju. But his dreams and aspirations went up in smoke.

Anju’s husband was also flying the Yeti Airlines plane when he died in the crash.
Another sad coincidence is that Anju Khativada’s husband Deepak Pokharel also died in a plane crash 16 years ago. He was also associated with Yeti Airlines. Yeti Airlines plane 9N-AEQ crashed on June 21, 2006. His co-pilot was Deepak Pokharel. The aircraft was going to Jumla from Nepalganj via Surkhet. There were 6 passengers and 4 crew members in it. All had died in the accident. Let us tell you that the plane of Yeti Airlines, which crashed in Pokhara on January 15, had left from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 10:33 am. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the plane crashed 10 seconds before landing at around 11 am.

The first demo flight also took place with the same aircraft and the same pilot on 1 January 2023, the day of Pokhara International Airport’s inauguration. All the VVIP guests including Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda went from Kathmandu to Pokhara in this aircraft and inaugurated the international airport. It has been said by the airport authority that the accident happened due to a technical fault. This aircraft belonged to the French-Italian company ATR. This company is famous for making regional aircraft and its track record has been very good. The ATR company has said in a statement that it will investigate the incident at its own level and find out whether the plane crashed due to a technical fault.

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