<p>The Nepal flight crash has come as a shock for a family at Pathanamthitta district in Kerala as three of the victims had just returned after attending a funeral in the family.</p>.<p>Raju, Aneel and Rabin had come down to attend the funeral of a former evangelist missionary worker Mathew Philip, 76. at Anikkadu near Mallappally town in Pathanamthitta on January 13.</p>.<p>Philip's brother Thomas told <em>DH</em> that the three were part of a five member team that came to attend his elder brother's funeral. All of them returned on January 13 evening from Kochi to Mumbai and from there to Kathmandu.</p>.<p>"On Sunday we were informed by a Malayali family in Nepal that three of the five who attended the funeral were traveling in the ill-fated flight. Later we confirmed it from the passengers list," he said.</p>.<p>Philip was engaged in missionary activities in Nepal for over four decades. He returned to Kerala two years back and was undergoing treatment for cancer.</p>.<p>All the 68 passengers and four crew members in the Pokhara bound flight had died in the crash on Sunday.</p>
<p>The Nepal flight crash has come as a shock for a family at Pathanamthitta district in Kerala as three of the victims had just returned after attending a funeral in the family.</p>.<p>Raju, Aneel and Rabin had come down to attend the funeral of a former evangelist missionary worker Mathew Philip, 76. at Anikkadu near Mallappally town in Pathanamthitta on January 13.</p>.<p>Philip's brother Thomas told <em>DH</em> that the three were part of a five member team that came to attend his elder brother's funeral. All of them returned on January 13 evening from Kochi to Mumbai and from there to Kathmandu.</p>.<p>"On Sunday we were informed by a Malayali family in Nepal that three of the five who attended the funeral were traveling in the ill-fated flight. Later we confirmed it from the passengers list," he said.</p>.<p>Philip was engaged in missionary activities in Nepal for over four decades. He returned to Kerala two years back and was undergoing treatment for cancer.</p>.<p>All the 68 passengers and four crew members in the Pokhara bound flight had died in the crash on Sunday.</p>