After pilot Dipak Pokhrel died in a 2006 plane crash, his wife Anju Khatiwada used the money from his insurance to pay for her own pilot training. On Sunday, she was a co-pilot of the plane that crashed in Nepal.
After Dipak Pokhrel died in a crash while piloting a small Yeti Airlines passenger plane in 2006, his wife Anju Khatiwada used the money she got from her husband's insurance to pay for her own pilot training. On Sunday, Khatiwada was the co-pilot flying theA spokesman for the airline confirmed the fate of Khatiwada, 44, to various news agencies on Monday.
Khatiwada had regularly flown the popular tourist route between the country's capital Kathmandu and its second largest city Pokhara.
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