90-year-old man gets free aeroplane ride in Nepal

A 90-year-old Nepalese man has fulfilled his life time dream of flying on an aeroplane when a private airline selected him for a free ride on one of its flights.
"Majja Ayo, Aayo Majja" (I enjoyed the flight, I enjoyed very much)," said Master Nau, who is just 18 inch in height and weighs 18 kg, after a 30-minute flight from Bhairahawa to Kathmandu.
Helpers of the airlines carried the tiny wrinkled man on the aircraft.
Born in a poor family in Rupandehi district of western Nepal, he had never thought of flying on an aeroplane, says Roshan Regmi, Marketing Manager of Yeti Airlines.

During his brief stay in Kathmandu, Nau will visit the Narayanhiti Palace Museum, a Jama Mosque, Singhdurbar Secretariat and Budhanilkantha temple.
Nau said his last wish is to wear a digital watch after flying in an aircraft and the Yeti Airlines has promised to gift him a watch before he returns to his home.

Nau is soon going to submit a document to the Guinness World Records claiming that he is the shortest living man in the world, Regmi said.
The airlines said in a statement that the company gives high priority to corporate social responsibility and as part of it the airlines has come forward to give Nau a whole new experience in life.

The initiative comes less than 3 days after the airlines provided 18 orphans with a free mountain flight to see Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.