- The plane crashed near the airport in Pokhara.
- According to officials, 53 of the passengers were on board.
- It is unclear what caused the crash.
The Nepal plane crash, the country’s biggest flying disaster in three decades, is believed to have killed 72 people.
According to officials, 53 of the passengers were Nepalese, five Indians, four Russians, and two Koreans. Other passengers on board are said to have come from the United Kingdom, Australia, Argentina, and France.
The plane crashed near the airport in Pokhara, a tourist destination. It is unclear what caused the crash.
Here are some of those on board who lost their lives.
Australian Myron Love
Authorities in Australia have verified that Myron Love, a 29-year-old Sydney teacher, was among those killed.
Friends have paid homage the enthusiastic biker and surfer as a “really lovely, happy, vibrant man”, with one telling local media he had “never met a more honest bloke in my life”.
His family claimed in a statement that Myron was their rock.
“He has packed so much into his brief existence that most of us could not squeeze into our entire lives.”
A soldier from South Korea and his son
The father, Yoo, 45, was a sergeant in the South Korean army. During his 14-year-old son’s winter break from school, he was on vacation with him.
On January 14, the two left South Korea for a hiking excursion in the Himalayas. They had been messaging their families on the day of the event, but the families had not heard from them after the flight’s scheduled arrival time had passed, according to South Korean media.
They informed their relatives that they had travelled from India to Nepal on that particular day. According to sources, they intended to visit many locations in Nepal.
Sonu Jaiswal, Anil Rajbhar, Abhishek Kushwaha, and Vishal Sharma
The four men, all thought to be in their 20s or early 30s, were from Ghazipur in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. They were among five Indians on board.
Locals in Ghazipur said they had gone to Nepal on 13 January to visit the Pashupatinath temple, a grand shrine on the outskirts of Kathmandu which is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.
The trip was reportedly Jaiswal’s idea – a father of three, he wanted to pray at the temple for another son.
They planned to go paragliding in Pokhara. Jaiswal was livestreaming as the plane came in to land.
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Singer Nira Chhantyal
Nira was a singer who frequently travelled with Yeti Airlines. Low-cost air travel has become a popular and cheap means for Nepal’s middle class to traverse the mountainous country.
Nira, who had recently relocated to Kathmandu, was on her way to play at a music festival in Pokhara.
“She was a very talented artist, and used to sing folk songs. She would often sing spontaneously,” her friend Bhimsen told
“I have no words to describe the loss.”
Anju Khatiwada, co-pilot
Yeti Airlines flight 691 was co-piloted by Anju Khatiwada. Anju was a trailblazer, one of only six female pilots hired by the airline, and she had flown nearly 6,400 hours.
“She was a full captain at the airline who had done solo flights,” Yeti Airlines’ Sudarshan Bartaula said. “She was a brave woman.”
Her husband Dipak Pokhrel was also co-piloting a Yeti Airlines flight when it crashed in 2006, and his death inspired Anju to seek a career in aviation.
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