By KAZUYA OHMURO/ Staff Writer
December 12, 2019 at 15:00 JST
A portrait of Tetsu Nakamura on the tail of an Airbus A340 operated by Afghanistan’s Kam Air (From Kam Air's Facebook page)
An Afghanistan airline is paying its respects to slain physician Tetsu Nakamura by featuring his portrait on the tail of one of its airplanes.
Nakamura, 73, who founded Fukuoka-based nonprofit group Peshawar-kai, was killed along with five others in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Dec. 4 when their two-vehicle convoy was ambushed.
Nakamura spent decades providing humanitarian support in Afghanistan.
His portrait has been featured on the tail of a Kam Air Airbus A340 since Dec. 6. It can accommodate 345 passengers.
"We love and respect Dr. Nakamura as he had a great influence on the growth and development of Afghanistan," said Sulaiman Omar, Kam Air's commercial director.
The airplane's destinations or planned ones include India, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
The airline plans to feature his portrait on another aircraft as well.
Kam Air, established in Kabul in 2003, is the nation’s first commercial airline company.
Normally, a bird symbolizing the airline is featured on the tail of the company's aircraft.
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