Nepal Plane Crash: Travel Blogger Who Perished Had Recently Discovered She Was Pregnant

• "Go to Nepal"
• That was a caption to a final selfie by one of the passengers who died in the plane crash that occurred in Nepal yesterday and killed over 68 people
• Details reveal that the travel blogger named Elena Banduro had recently discovered she was pregnant and shared the news with her family
• She was on her way to visit her husband when their aircraft fell from the skies and immediately caught fire

It has emerged that one of the passengers on the ill-fated plane that crashed in Nepal and killed over 68 people had recently discovered she was pregnant.

According to to 7News, the travel blogger named Elena Banduro was on her way to spend time with her husband in Nepal when tragedy struck.

Banduro was pregnant

Banduro, a social media manager from Moscow, Russia, had shared a final message on her page hours before her life ended.

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In the now-chilling post, the 33-year-old shared a selfie of herself smiling while on the plane and captioned it “Go to Nepal.”

Banduro’s sister Ksenia told the media that she had spoken to her sibling the day before she died, just as she was preparing to travel.

“Everything was fine, she talked about her impressions, about plans for a vacation,” disclosed Ksenia.

Ksenia added that Banduro had informed the family just last week that she and her husband were expecting a baby.

Messages of condolences

Since news of her death was announced, social media fans and followers have flooded her page and shared their condolences.

“I can’t believe it,” one of the friends wrote.

“Our light and air. Fly high sis, and go to the places you dreamed of going,” added another.

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Plane crashed near Pokhara city

In a related story, popular Kenyan website Tuko.co.ke reported that the aircraft fell down from the skies near the city of Pokhara in central Nepal in what has been termed the country’s deadliest plane crash in more than 30 years.

Officials said the plane which was flying from Kathmandu crashed 1.5km away from the airport and immediately caught fire.

Details indicate that out of the 68 passengers who were on board the ATR 72 aircraft, 15 were foreign nationals including five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, and one each from Australia, Argentina, Ireland, and France

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal also announced that among the deceased were four crew members and at least one infant.

Source: TUKO.co.ke