{"id":297277,"date":"2023-01-17T13:14:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T17:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=297277"},"modified":"2023-01-17T13:14:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T17:14:34","slug":"bbc-news-nepal-co-pilots-husband-also-died-in-plane-crash-16-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/death\/bbc-news-nepal-co-pilots-husband-also-died-in-plane-crash-16-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"[BBC NEWS] Nepal co-pilot&#8217;s husband also died in plane crash 16 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_297278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-297278\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-297278\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/128324616_pilot.png-642x361.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-297278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anju Khatiwada had nearly 6,400 hours of flying experience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">BBC News reports: The co-pilot of the ill-fated flight that crashed in Nepal on Sunday lost her husband in a plane crash 16 years earlier, it has emerged.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Anju Khatiwada was co-piloting Yeti Airlines flight 691 when it smashed into a gorge near the tourist town of Pokhara, killing all on board in the country&#8217;s worst air disaster in 30 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Her husband Dipak Pokhrel had also been co-piloting a Yeti Airlines flight when he died &#8211; and it was his death that spurred Anju to pursue a career in aviation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">Continue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-64299882\">reading<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC News reports: The co-pilot of the ill-fated flight that crashed in Nepal on Sunday lost her husband in a plane crash 16 years earlier, it has emerged. 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