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Ang Tshering Sherpa | |
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Born | Khumbu Pasanglhamu, Nepal | October 2, 1964
Died | February 27, 2019 54) Taplejung, Nepal | (aged
Cause of death | 2019 Air Dynasty helicopter crash |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Organization(s) | Yeti Airlines Tara Air |
Children | 2 [1] |
Ang Tshering Sherpa (2 October 1964 - 27 February 2019) was a Nepali entrepreneur and founder of Yeti Airlines. [2] [3]
Sherpa started his career in the 1990s at a local trekking agency managed by one of his brothers. [4] In 1993, Sherpa founded Air Dynasty before founding Yeti Airlines in 1998. [5] [6]
Sherpa also served as served as chairman of the board for Himalaya Airlines from 2014 until his death in 2019. [1]
Ang Tshering Sherpa, along with six other people, died in a helicopter crash while returning from Pathibhara Devi Temple, Taplejung, Nepal, on 27 February 2019. [7] [8] According to the Himalayan Times , hundreds of people viewed his last rites in Kathmandu. [9]
As Tshering was a golfer, Yeti Airlines organized an annual golf tournament named in his memory after his death. [10]
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