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Miriam Burrell

Nepal plane crash: Co-pilot of deadly flight lost her husband in plane crash 16 years earlier

Anju Khatiwada, 44, was ‘ready to take up any duty’, an official said

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The co-pilot of the Yeti Airlines flight that crashed in Nepal, killing at least 70, was married to a pilot who also died in a plane crash 16 years earlier.

Anju Khatiwada, 44, was the co-pilot of the Sunday flight from Kathmandu that crashed as it approached the city of Pokhara, making it Nepal’s deadliest plane accident in three decades.

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