Sydney teacher killed in Nepal plane crash ‘lived life to the fullest’
The family of a Sydney teacher, who was on board a plane that crashed in Nepal, have paid tribute to the 29-year-old, saying he always “lived his life to the fullest”.
Bronte man Myron Love was on board the Yeti Airlines flight that crashed while descending into Pokhara from Kathmandu on Sunday.
All 68 passengers and four crew members are believed to have died. Two bodies are yet to be recovered.
Providing a statement through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Love’s family and that of his partner Annabelle Bailey thanked those who had passed on their condolences.
Sydney man Myron Love was named as one of 72 who died in the Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal.
“We would like to express our deep gratitude for the amazing support shown to us by our family and friends in this time of need,” they said in a statement.
“Myron has been a rock to both of our families for many years and he has always lived his life to the fullest. He has put so much into his short life that most of us couldn’t fit into our lifetime.
“We do request at this time that you offer us peace and privacy for us to grieve, and deal with this tragedy.”
In honour of Love, who was an avid cyclist, Easts Cycling Club cancelled this week’s bike race at Heffron Park, which takes place every Tuesday. “It is with great sadness we have decided to cancel tomorrow’s night racing following the tragic loss of much loved member of Heffron Park and Sydney cycling community Myron Love in the Nepal plane crash,” the club wrote in a statement on Monday.
“Our thoughts and prayers to his mother Susanne, brother Jackson and partner Annabelle.”
Along with Love, 53 Nepalese passengers were on board the doomed flight as well as five from India, four from Russia, two Korean nationals, one from Argentina, one from France and one from Britain.
The victim from Britain has been identified as ballet dancer Ruan Crighton. Crighton, 34,was from Brentwood, Essex, and graduated from the Central School of Ballet in 2008, before joining the Slovak National Theatre.
In 2013, Crighton joined the Finnish National Opera and Ballet for six years.
The BBC interviewed Crighton about his ballet career when he was 19 and declared he was “set for stardom”.
The crash is drawing attention to the country’s air safety record.
It marks Nepal’s deadliest aviation disaster in 30 years, according to a database maintained by the Aviation Safety Network, but it’s far from unique – more than 700 people have died in air crashes in the country since 1992.
“Because of its terrain, because of its weather, because there is a need to fly between places – many of these communities are not connected by roads – it will always be a challenging environment with a higher level of risk than other parts of the world,” aviation safety consultant Adrian Young told The Washington Post.
With The Washington Post and The Telegraph, London
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