Nepal plane crash victims include traditional folk singer, travel blogger, ballet dancer
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As tributes pour in for Sydney teacher Myron Love, who died in a plane crash in Nepal on Sunday, friends and relatives of other victims from across the globe are similarly paying respects to their loved ones, including a Nepali folk singer, a Russian travel blogger and a British ballet dancer.
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Seventy-two people, including four Nepali crew members and 15 foreign passengers, died when a Yeti Airlines ART72-500 plane flying out of Kathmandu crashed on a hillside near Pokhara, a tourist city below the Annapurna Range.
Authorities have since recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from the wreckage, and hope the data contained in them will help investigators determine why the aircraft appeared to suddenly bank to the left as it approached the Pokhara International Airport for landing.
Nepali officials have released the passenger register for the flight, although some of the identities of those believed to be on board are yet to be confirmed.
Among the confirmed Nepali victims of the crash was folk singer Nira Chhantyalm, who was travelling to Pokhara to perform the following day.
She was known for combining traditional Nepali music with modern social media trends like lip-syncing, gaining her more than 100,000 followers on her TikTok account.
She posted a message on Facebook celebrating the Nepali festival of Maghe Sankranti less than an hour before the crash.
Among the Nepalese dead was co-pilot Anju Khatiwada, 44, whose husband died in a Yeti Airlines crash in Jumla, Nepal, in 2006.
An airline spokesman told Reuters she had obtained her pilot training in the United States using the insurance money from her husband's death, and had more than 6,400 hours of flying time.
Ms Khatiwada's remains have not been recovered, the spokesman said.
A relative and close friend of her father's told The New York Times her father had asked her not to choose the profession of her husband following his death, but she was determined to follow in his footsteps.
Aside from the Australian, Mr Love, the foreigners travelling on the flight included five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, and solo passengers from Argentina, the United Kingdom and France.
The Briton was identified as Ruan Crighton, a physiotherapy student and talented ballet dancer from Essex, who had danced with the Slovak National Theatre and the Finnish National Opera and Ballet.
The passenger register described him as Irish, but Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed he was travelling on a UK passport.
He died just one day after celebrating his 34th birthday.
Russian travel blogger Elena Banduro, 33, was also confirmed as having died in the crash, along with fellow Russian nationals Viktoria Altunina, Yuri Lugin and Viktor Lagin.
Ms Banduro was a social media manager from Moscow who posted upbeat messages about her travels across Asia and Europe on her blog and Instagram account.
She posted a selfie from her seat on the plane before take-off, accompanied by a picture of a Himalayan peak and the caption "Go to Nepal!"
Friends and relatives spoke of their disbelief at the news of the crash, with one describing her as the "kindest soul".
Russian media outlet Komsomolskaya Pravda reported Ms Banduro had recently told friends and family she was three months pregnant.
Also among the confirmed dead was Argentinian Jannet Palavecino.
The 57-year-old was the manager of the Hotel Suizo in Neuquen, Argentina, and was due to be a grandmother for the first time next month.
A passionate mountain climber, she was in Nepal with a group of friends and had already visited climbing hotspots including Mount Everest and the Khumbu Glacier before making her way to Pokhara.
Neuquen's governor confirmed Jannet's death on his Twitter account, while her sister-in-law, Marga Bello, posted a picture of her smiling on a rock to Facebook accompanied by an emotional farewell.
"This is how I'm going to remember you Janecita. Loving life with your kids and happy at the highest of mountains," Ms Bello wrote.
"I will always remember you with tremendous admiration."
One of the Indian passengers, Sonu Jaiswal, was travelling to Pokhara with friends to visit a Hindu shrine.
He was live streaming the plane's landing on Facebook when the crash took place.
The two Korean victims are believed to have been a father in his 40s with the surname Yu and his teenaged son, according to flight records.
Their bodies were identified based on their belongings.
Nearly 350 people have died in plane or helicopter crashes in Nepal since 2000.
Here's a timeline of those crashes, compiled by Reuters News Agency:
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