Kathmandu: Four of the five Indians killed in Sunday’s plane crash in Nepal were planning to participate in paragliding activities in the tourist hub of Pokhara, a local resident said. At least 68 people were killed when a Yeti Airlines passenger plane with 72 people on board, including five Indians, crashed on Sunday while landing at the newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara in central Nepal, officials said.
A Yeti Airlines official said the five Indians have been identified as Abhishek Kushwaha (25), Vishal Sharma (22), Anil Kumar Rajbhar (27), Sonu Jaiswal (35) and Sanjay Jaiswal (35).
Four of the five Indian nationals had reached Kathmandu from India on Friday itself.
“The four were planning to enjoy paragliding in the lake city and tourist hub of Pokhara,” said Ajay Kumar Shah, a resident of Sarlahi district in southern Nepal.
“We came together from India in the same vehicle,” he said.
He said that they were planning to return to India from Pokhara via Gorakhpur.
Sonu, the eldest among Indian citizens, was a resident of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, officials from the Indian Embassy here in Kathmandu have reached out to the family members of the four Indian nationals.