Candlelight Vigil in Aotea Square to honour plane crash Victims in Nepal

Auckland, January 17, 2023

A group of Nepalese youth in Auckland has organized a Candlelight Vigil at the Aotea Square yesterday to honour the soul who departed in a flight crashed in Nepal on Sunday. 

There were 72 passengers and crew members traveling on the Yeti Airlines plane from Kathmandu to the popular tourist destination of Pokhara when it crashed. Nobody survived what has been described as the nation’s deadliest aviation accident in 30 years. According to Nepal’s civil aviation authorities, there were 37 males, 25 females, three children, and three new-borns onboard the flight. Nepal declared the 16th of January 2023 as the national mourning day.

                                                                                                                      Photo: Samar Thapa

Candlelight Vigil led by Mr. Milan Thapa initiated it with an open invitation via Facebook to join all the community members and Nepalese who were struck by the tragic accident in Pokhara Nepal. Mr. Thapa is also an active member of the Nepalese community in Auckland and actively promotes Nepalese culture and literature.

Addressing to the crowd, Mr. Sanjay Shanti Subedi expressed his deepest condolence and sympathy to the victim of the tragic air crash. Originally from Pokhara, Mr. Subedi remembered victims friends and acquaintances in his homeland.

More than 60 people gathered at a candlelight vigil for an hour at Aotea Square. 

Video of Crash Incident in Pokhara