'Flying Beast' Gaurav Taneja, Ritu Rathee Divorce: Meet Controversial YouTuber's Pilot Wife?

Ritu Rathee Taneja is a popular celebrity known for her YouTube videos on her channel Flying Beast. Professionally, Ritu is not just a content creator, but also a successful pilot. She is married to Gaurav Taneja and is also a mother to two daughters, who also feature regularly in the reportedly estranged couple's vlogs. Recently, rumours have surfaced that the couple has hit a rough patch in their relationship after a marriage of eight years. There is hearsay that Gaurav cheated on his wife Ritu.

Who is Ritu Rathee, wife of 'Flying Beast' Gaurav Taneja?

Ritu Rathee was born and brought up in Haryana . She has completed her education at St Stephen’s College in Delhi. She is an Airbus A320 captain right now. She also endorses her brands on Instagram and often receives invitations to high-profile events.

In an interview, Ritu said how it wasn’t easy being ambitious in a society where people thought, "Ladkiyan bojh hai". All her relatives suggested that she should get married instead of getting further education. But this was not what Ritu's parents had in mind for her. YouTuber Ritu said that a school friend suggested that she should try and become a pilot. This was the idea that completely changed her life. 

Ritu convinced her parents to not save up for her marriage

Ritu revealed that she applied for various training programs in the US and got a response from them after eight months. Even after getting into the training program, she was doubtful if her parents would send her halfway across the world, alone. She asked her father to spend their savings on her education rather than save up for her marriage.

She further said that her father agreed but their relatives tried to change his mind. Ritu said that her relatives used to say things like, “she'll go abroad and do things with boys, get her married before she's fully ruined". However. her parents did not listen to their relatives and sent her to the US for pilot training programme. 

Ritu took a break from flying twice when she was pregnant with her two babies. After completing her training as a first officer, she went on to become a captain and has been working with Indigo Airlines since.

Ritu Rathee and Gaurav Taneja relationship timeline

Ritu Rathee and Gaurav Taneja met in 2011 during their quarterly pilot training session. He was her senior and their friendship slowly blossomed into a romance, leading Gaurav to propose to Ritu in 2015. They then married on February 5, 2016.

Gaurav was also a fitness enthusiast and already had a channel called Fit Muscletv that was gaining popularity. In 2017, he launched another YouTube channel, Flying Beast. Ritu quickly became a key figure on the channel, appearing in videos and assisting Gaurav with content creation. A few years into their marriage, Gaurav and his wife became parents to two daughters named Rasbhari and Chaitravi.

Gaurav and Ritu’s separation rumours rose when a video of Ritu at Premanand Maharaj’s ‘Bhajan Marg’ went viral. Ritu later confirmed that the woman in the video is her and although they are experiencing difficulties in their marraige, she is grateful for the eight years she spent with Taneja.