Nepal airplane crash: Driver says he had dropped Tripathi household at Mumbai airport two days again

By PTI

THANE: For 29-year-old Ashish Sawant, it got here as an enormous shock when he heard that 4 members of the Tripathi household, for whom he works as a driver right here, have been on board the airplane that crashed in Nepal on Sunday, as recalled dropping them to the Mumbai airport simply two days again.

“I have lost everything,” he mentioned with tears rolling down his cheeks even because the destiny of the Tripathi household and 18 others on board the ill-fated airplane remained unclear as unhealthy climate made it troublesome to find the plane that went lacking within the mountainous area of Nepal minutes after taking off on Sunday morning.

According to the police right here, Ashok Kumar Tripathi (54), his spouse Vaibhavi (Bandekar) Tripathi, their 22-year-old son Dhanush and 15-year-old daughter Ritika have been on board the Nepalese airplane.

Sawant, who resides at Diva in Thane, mentioned he has been working because the Tripathi household’s driver for the final seven years and used to drop Vaibhavi Tripathi to her workplace in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai.

“It was just two days back that I had dropped the family to the Mumbai international airport and today I received this shocking news,” he mentioned.

After studying that the Tripathi household was travelling within the airplane in Nepal, he rushed to their home in Rustomjee Athena condo situated in Balkum space of the town, to investigate about them.

He additionally mentioned that it was simply two months again that they had bought a brand new automotive.

The watchman of the constructing, 55-year-old Sunil Chalke, mentioned the Tripathi relations have been very loving.

“It is sad that they part of this tragedy,” he mentioned.

The turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET airplane belonging to Tara Air took off at 10.15 am from Pokhara in Nepal to Jomsom, one other widespread vacationer city.

The plane misplaced contact with the management tower quarter-hour later, based on an airline spokesperson.

The lacking airplane may presumably be situated on Monday, officers have mentioned.