In 1975 while en route to join Hillary in the village of Phaphlu, where he was helping to build a hospital, Louise (his wife) and Belinda (his daughter) were killed in a plane crash near Kathmandu airport shortly after take-off.
His daughter was named Belinda but she died in a plane crash. His son was called Peter.
the plane malfunctioned and crashed
Edmund Hillary married twice, his wives were: Louise Mary Rose who he married in 1953 untill 1975 (she was killed in a plane crash). June Mulgrew who he married in 1989 until Edmund died in 2008
In 1975 while en route to join Edmund Hillary in the village of Phaphlu, where he was helping to build a hospital, Louise (his wife) and Belinda (his daughter) were killed in a plane crash near Kathmandu airport shortly after take-off.
Peter, Sarah and Belinda. Peter summitted in 1990. In 2003 he summited with Tenzing's son, Jamling for the 50th anniversary. Sarah is still alive today, but Belinda died in 1975 in a plane crash in Nepal.
1977
In 1975 while en route to join Hillary in the village of Phaphlu, where he was helping to build a hospital, Louise (his wife) and Belinda (his daughter) were killed in a plane crash near Kathmandu airport shortly after take-off.
In 1975 while en route to join Hillary in the village of Phaphlu, where he was helping to build a hospital, Louise (Ed's wife) and Belinda Ed's daughter) were killed in a plane crash near Kathmandu airport shortly after take-off.
After Edmund's first wife was killed in a plane crash her married June Mulgrew in 1989.
Edmund Hillary's first wife did not die in a car crash, it was a plane crash. In 1975 while en route to join Hillary in the village of Phaphlu, where he was helping to build a hospital, Louise (wife) and Belinda (daughter) were killed in a plane crash near Kathmandu airport shortly after take-off.
They both died in a devastating plane crash. This was in 1975.
I expect that Edmund Hillary's worst moment in his life is when his wife and daughter was killed in a plane crash in 1975.