US bangla BS211 Kathmandu ATC Recording Before Crash. (Captioned)

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Created by Ahmed Jabir Zuhayr.

[@mujtabaahmed5374]

Both ATC and Pilot seems to have their own version of landing....confirming landing on runway 20 and giving final clearance to 02 and vice versa...

[@bikashtimalsina4514]

runway was evacuated for the Pilot! Shouldnt be that hard to land in VFR ! if you have a capable pilot!!

[@MYWORLD-pf5fo]

@@user-cc3tw1tn1w not at all mate he approach for opposite runway coz he hadn't runway in sight

[@yogbrana]

Watch Nat Geo video, the pilot was mentally disturbed and thus crashed the plane.

[@raynel1360]

@@yogbrana Yeahh.. Actually I came here after that. People don't what's happened there. They're just commenting stupidity without knowing anything.

[@bernardoconnor1502]

This incident was covered on the show Mayday/Air Disasters. The pilot had a history of depression, he was discharged from the Air Force because of it. He did not tell the airline about his medical history. He was having some conflict at the airline and had in fact handed in his resignation. On the approach, according to the CVR he had a meltdown. He nearly hit the tower trying to land, was not lined up but tried to land anyway, coming in semi sideways and crashed.. The FO didn't intervene, it seemed she was totally dumbfounded by the Captain's outburst.

[@nepsdaz236]

Landing clearance was given on either runways ..so what actually happened was the pilot didn’t aligned plane with the runway and tried to land sideways

[@curiousbd8115]

agree

[@irongoldx1]

When the atc asked the first time," request your intentions?" The pilot actually said,"we like to land on rwy zero two."

[@flyboy-1]

He is either severely fatigued or drunk

[@Maayyuurr]

God how many times was each runway 02 & 20 was cleared to land within 4 minutes

[@abhashacharya2906]

Pilot seems to be exhausted ATC had given chance to him to clear his intension but he choosed another side of runway for touchdown He said it was visible to ATC moment before touchdown but from that angle its not properly visible to land Investigation shows that he had already given his resignation and it was his one the last flight for that company but sadly it became his last flight RIP

[@zuhayr1337]

RIP to all who suffered from casualties in that flight. Respect to the captain and the copilot.

[@Utubin]

@@zuhayr1337 Prayers and thoughts. To all family and loved ones. We all meet our maker sooner or later. I pray mine is much later than sooner as there are many Beautiful cultures (people) I want 2 c all over this planet. Atlanta Georgia USA

[@ronychowdhury7458]

Are you sure about it? The pilot was totally calm and focusing controler command.the controller said 02 and 20 right now both is clear to land and they gave pilot to choice his intention which one he like to land, then the pilot choice to land on 20 he aloso said 20 runway is clearly see and ready to land then controller said clear to land 20 then controller said are you landing 02 ? Please listen again again to say the truth.how the controller confuesd the pilot.those investigations report is complete rubbish.instead of blaming the pilot if they sort out the problem in controller and civil aviation system another Yeti or other crushes should not be happaned.

[@mujtabaahmed5374]

Pilot Abid Sultan looks very tired and little confused as well....something major must have had happened which is not captured in this recording.

[@rogerroger6049]

He had issues with the young relatively inexperienced female co-pilot.

[@michaelsmith3901]

He had an extensive conversation with the copilot before this, who unfortunately died of her wounds as well. He had been forced to resign because of an alleged extramarital affair with a coworker and broke down crying several times during the flight.

[@vikasbiliye5023]

A less expirienced female pilot. Colleague emasculated him when she was promoted above him through female upliftment quota.

[@OhioOwns]

ATC: "do not land...." pilot: "okay, copy, cleared to land then."

[@fishsticks6546]

ATC: So you have chosen death

[@shariarnafis2534]

Can u say the timestamp

[@rtxmeatlug3149]

@@shariarnafis2534 2:29

[@tunim4354]

How does anyone, ATC or the pilots, mess up the runway number like that? There could be runway collisions with other bigger planes. In addition to that, altitude and speed need to match. This is such a big miscommunication case. Sounds like a case of overworked pilot.

[@TheInfernoGamer10]

The captain diddny want to fly that day

[@sattwikchakrabarti]

I hold both the Pilot & ATC responsible for the accident.... Though the Pilot looks like having lion's share of responsibility... It's his plane, it's his passengers... But ATC also messed it up... Also looks like ATC has poor command over English

[@noelsrx376]

@@sattwikchakrabarti it was pilot's fault. Its already proven now. National geographic released a documentary too. Go watch it

[@restlesssoulme]

It was captains fault , just before final approach he forgot to disable holding pattern. He was too busy talking about personal stuff prior to landing and didn’t follow the checklist

[@binodkhadka8219]

Kathmandu Airport Has Clear Both The Runway But Still Bangla Air Pilot Land Outside Runway... 100% Mistake done by Bangla Air Pilot

[@puransharma923]

It appears both the atc and pilots were confused regarding runway 02 and runway 20. Moreover how can a pilot proceed to land with no runway in sight.

[@4nas.r]

Puran Sharma exactly my saying

[@sungasunga9301]

Particularly if he called VFR approach

[@binodkhadka8219]

World every Airport has the Same Number,, 02..20..04..40 Kathmandu Airport Tower Given Chance To Bangla Air From The Both Runway, But Still Pilot Land it in Other Place...100% Mistake Done By Bangla Air.

[@puransharma923]

@@binodkhadka8219 No sir airport markings don't go above 36 because these numbers are magnetic headings which only goes up to 360 and on runway the last digit is ommitted so 360 is 36. If one side of runway is numbered 04 the other side will be 22 and not 40.

[@binodkhadka8219]

@@puransharma923 Agree With You Madam, However World Each And Every Aircraft, Each And Every Pilot Could Not Get Confuse About 02 And 20, Then How Only This Air craft Pilot get Confused about it,, 02 And 20 Or 04 And 40,,, it is Very Easy Number To Get it. That is Why World So Many Airport Has The Same Number For Their Runway,,, Please Watch This Video, Why Pilot Took His Aircraft Outside Airport. 👉Deadliest Airplane Crash Caught On CCTV || Trivhuwan Internation Airport || Nepal..👈

[@simonelagradable7589]

Seems me trying to understand my mother in law intentions for today's dinner

[@anwarulhuqshuvo2411]

Pilot was either very tired, confused or drunk, they said wind 270 degrees, he said 260, then he mumbled right holding....... Right holding, then he called his own plane Bangali star 212. Very sad but plane crashed due to the exploitation of staff by US Bangla Airlines who are now trying to put the blame on Nepal Airport, US Bangla should be sued by the families of the deceased

[@zuhayr1337]

Anwarul Huq Just some more information from the base: The captain resigned before that flight. He was probably forced to fly after he resigned because US Bangla had no other pilots capable of flying to Nepal. The co pilot was unfamiliar with Nepal airport cause she didnt fly there before. So that captain was piloting and talking at the same time.

[@anwarulhuqshuvo2411]

The ZZ Gamerz Exactly that's also a reason and very good point

[@SuperBerlin79]

Pilot error definitely. The male pilot did the mess.

[@sattwikchakrabarti]

Agreed... Primary responsibility lies with Captain... But if you listen carefully the ATC seems confused sometimes as well... Also the command over English from ATC is not very good.... Lots of 'ah, eh' etc & stuttering which is absolutely unprofessional as an ATC.

[@dramatya6613]

@@sattwikchakrabarti national geography has a documentary regarding this flight

[@bluestar2253]

The Captain and the control tower (Tower of Babble) are talking back and forth in gibberish. RIP to the victims.

[@jameskellinger8314]

Instead of giving a readback, the pilot would say "copied." Several times he gave "copied" and no readback. The ATC should have demanded a readback.

[@jasminejacob630]

either atc or pilot its still human error..so guys don;t try to argue for nothing

[@memise1188]

Planes can land on either side as there's only the one runway. If approaching from the front the runway is called 02 but if approaching from the back it's called 20. When Banglastar 211 first approached the runway they were coming at it from the front so were cleared to land on 02 but the pilot completely missed it and went towards 20 instead which is when all the confusion started. Every time the runway was clear the ATC tried to give the pilot the option of landing on either end because it seemed the pilot was confused and kept going to the opposite landing thinking its runway 02. Eventually the pilot decided to land sideways on the runway to prove a point. 🤦‍♀️

[@davidtheswedishtechguy]

I kinda get the confusion but aren't they both confirming both approaches over one another?😬 tower says 02 then the pilot says yes and then he says 20 and so on... even listening to it makes me very confused and I'm use to flying😆😬

[@playwithpallavi6387]

Omg😰😨😱i have have words to say😢😭🤧

[@zuhayr1337]

😟☹️

[@sg7772]

What a confusing interaction!

[@islamjess6225]

1:45 prithula was affraid

[@shariarnafis2534]

What did she said?

[@Mayank6002]

Miscommunication is apparent here. And all the disturbance, is it a problem with recording or was it also there in the actual communication channel?

[@zuhayr1337]

Mayank Kumar Gupta I think the disturbance was also a problem live because this is a livestream recording.

[@raynel1360]

Poor first officer.. How bad her situation is.

[@PrograError]

The ATC and pilot is talking in non official ATC wording...

[@PrograError]

@@TopMysteriousBytes uhh… you are replying to a 3 year old comment. So don’t blame me on that fact….

[@PrograError]

@@TopMysteriousBytes mate, you are making a mountain out of a molehill. Look... No one here is gonna be untrusting of a country's ATC curriculum over an incident. Also no one layman is gonna be looking for these ATC for a flight to Nepal. There's only Otakus or geeks here. And seriously 3 years is enough of time that whatever happened then an non issue now... That's a reason for those air investigation agencies and stuff...

[@joeg2588]

100% on the pilot. Poor baby was sad because someone said he wasnt a good pilot.. So he goes ahead and proves to the world he was one of the worst pilots in history.. terrible tragedy he caused killing all of the poor passengers and first officer.

[@davidtatum8682]

Who's on first??

[@Aiden_DCruze]

1:07-Pilot said runway 02. WTF man.drunken pilot.

[@pannashahin7208]

DATCO এর কথা বার্তা অপেশাদারিত্ব মনে হয়েছে।পাইলট কে সঠিক ভাবে গাইড করতে পারে নাই এবং পাইলটকে সঠিক ডিরেকশন দিতে গিয়ে উউল্টাপাল্টা করে দিয়েছে প্রতিবার ই একটা কনফিউজড করে দিয়েছে

[@jahedulislamsazim620]

i am surprised how this type of mistaken by Cppt Abid sir! though may almighty give both of them jannat to F/O Prithula mam and Cppt Abed sir

[@crazynayan9774]

I still watching this video and feelings hurts really

[@abspot375]

Whereis another pilot voice , may be she was in a panic

[@thegamerspandan6899]

Ahmed, how did you get the live from the liveatc? I haven't figured the step till now..... please reply as soon as possible.

[@zuhayr1337]

I took it from the liveatc website minutes after the crash was announced. Not sure if it's still there archived

[@thegamerspandan6899]

@@zuhayr1337 nah which code? Or from which frequency did you get it?

[@zuhayr1337]

@@thegamerspandan6899 On LiveATC I searched for VNTK tower, chose Tower frequency and recorded from there. But looks like VNTK is removed now :/

[@thegamerspandan6899]

@@zuhayr1337 😭😭😭😭

[@zuhayr1337]

@@thegamerspandan6899 ya it sucks, but if you live in Nepal I think you can contribute to LiveATC by setting up your own radar and connecting it to LiveATC.net

[@FelixTheCat101]

Can i use this ATC recording please?

[@zuhayr1337]

Feel free. Source is in the description

[@tonsab.assist.master]

Captain showing signs of stroke or very low blood sugar.

[@koosmangat]

Buddha211? Why aren't they using the proper aviation terms like bravo alpha etc?? Daymm

[@zuhayr1337]

koosmangat Well if you are talking about the terms while saying flight tags (like Bravo Alpha Novembrt... for Banglastar) it is a common term to not use them but use ICAO plane company names instead. Like Budhdha 282, Delta 4532, United 14 etc.

[@koosmangat]

The ZZ Gamerz thank you!!

[@poulastya]

It's the aircraft call sign designated by ICAO that will be pronounced normally like emirates,etihad,buddha,banglastar

[@NavidKhan84]

He made a horrible approach in any regard...He landed in mid runway with a steep bank angle and was not aligned to the runway at all ...crazy stuff ...I just saw the cctv footage today and was shocked kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKqlo3aglrOrhac

[@zuhayr1337]

Yes. He was too fast, too high and too banked. Looks like there were no flaps either. Wing tip touched the ground first. Still now there's no evidence of instrumental/mechanical failures. At one point in the past few months, I even thought that maybe the pilot(s) had hypoxia from O2 malfunction or something, otherwise how can a simple propeller landing be so confusing.

[@NavidKhan84]

@@zuhayr1337 Something was definitely not right...I dont know whether you saw another footage where the plane comes from the mountain side of things and gets really low and banks really hard from a very low altitude and comes out from that turn in a stunt like fashion...It did not feel like a great holding pattern by any means..and in this cctv footage you can see he almost hit a tower during the turn again..He also says he can see the runway to the ATC while he was in turn but he is not supposed to in the angle he was in..and this was a veteran pilot who landed here many times...Do you think ego and overconfidence maybe?...The pakistan A 320 crash is also a botched approach where he tried to land the plane from a very high altitude and over heeded the ATC's request to turn..the plane's air speed was so high that the lading gear did not deploy on the first attempt...another insane crash that should had never happened

[@zuhayr1337]

@@NavidKhan84 A pilot's duty in order is to Aviate, Navigate and Communicate. No matter instrumental failures, or cockpit internal issues, that's how someone has to take up their duty. I think in both cases, the pilot(s) failed to Aviate, navigate and also Communicate. Thus causing such a devastating melancholy

[@humanfromearth8386]

Nepalese sky isn’t even safe for flying kites!!there are at least three or more crashes in a year.both pilots and ATC seems unprofessional.may departed soul rest in peace.😭

[@sungasunga9301]

If they already missed the approach on 02 why the ATC did not called a "go around" or even after when he was asking for intensions and it was clear pilot lost situational awareness. In their defense is easy to criticise here in a living room at 0 knots and 0 feet

[@zuhayr1337]

Very true. I am not saying the pilot didn't have any error but there's no a single word against the ATC in the investigation as it says and I quote: "The final investigation report released on 27 January 2019 concluded that pilot disorientation and a lack of situation awareness led to the crash."

[@sungasunga9301]

DarkCoder You are absolutely right, however the pilot is still in control regardless of what the ATC says and this is a good example since it was the pilot the one who did all this. Still the ATC callings could be considered a contributing factor

[@zuhayr1337]

@@sungasunga9301 im saying there is a miswording in the conclusion. The pilot error did not "lead" to the crash, it "caused" the crash. But ultimately ATC inefficiency "lead" to that circumstance

[@sungasunga9301]

DarkCoder We are saying the exact same thing, just different words, kinda like example here 😀

[@YoungFlo340]

Iam nepali and iam so sad to see how easily people are blaming pilot,how easy technology had made to make human fools these days. The lady from ktm tower was speaking too fast and at the first she had said 02 too fast also was unclear voice. but at last only she was speaking slowly. When she was saying 02 she repeated but always too fast, check all audio by diffrenent channel where full audio is available ,she was saying 02 unclearly on repeat. Sad to point out finger to my nation but this was mistake of lady. God is there,dont ruin someone character also after he died. Sad world,world seems scary these days.

[@sahidzmn]

You have no idea about the gross safety and SOP violations made by the pilot. Here’s a video that explains the series of events in detail kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5rCeWmperKIjJIsi=SqWXX5ZMd7uf2Hh5

[@faisalmohammedhossain4665]

There is no doubt that the captain’s mental Health was not good and he was suffering from the mental depression but the ATC persons were not enough experienced and have lack of proper communication skills

[@OG-zh6su]

The Bangladeshi pilots are tired and exhausted is apparent. What is confusing is the ATC is also confused with the runways and the position of the aircraft. They should have just handed it over to the Control Tower for emergency landing. The male ATC confused the pilots further with the runways. 90% pilots fault and 10% ATC fault.

[@smokingspitfire1197]

Yeah hes tired because he kept himself awake with an extra marital affair with a woman he was training to fly. It's the captains fault entirely

[@khshakib791]

#2.54 ATC bollo wind 270 ar pilot copy korlo 260. ATC theke toh sudray dilo na

[@luckyme4136]

Listening to the dreadful Tower controller's it seems they didn't care at all about the lives on the plane.

[@DrWhom]

nonsense

[@dramatya6613]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKeVlGtpaJeqeM0

[@satyajitchattopadhyayyt]

😢 mistake of pilot

[@MarcDufresneosorusrex]

" 's " pilot's ; pilot's mistake; "of" is Latin origin (it's okay i understand what you are trying to say)

[@astroace4624]

Why won't the pilot go around???

[@itscoldhere2119]

Natural selection

[@taskinishraqfatin4516]

I live in Bangladesh this is one of the worst crash i ever seen

[@sazalimdnor1981]

Who is confuse 20 or 02.....pity to the FO

[@BeautifulVdo]

which side was go on wrong? Who is Guilty?

[@trendyromish4789]

Investigation Reports Says Crash Due To Pilot Error, Check My Channel For CCTV Footage Of US-Bangla Crash

[@iclicklike3397]

everyone in this case by the looks of it.

[@hingholo8027]

@@iclicklike3397 he was given clearance to land on both 02 and 20 runway he said he had the runway on sight but he landed the plane from the side on a runway on a angle go watch the cctv video if you haven't already.

[@prasadv4310]

The pilot is drunk

[@tuhinahmed1344]

He's muslim not drinking?i thikn cotrolar drunk..because.. How many time he tell 02/20 & again telling hold...anyone must confused...

[@afsaramehrin2993]

The pilot actually smoked in the cockpit... and he also misbehaved quite a lot with the co-pilot. He was told to land in runway 20 but he tried to land from the opposite side (runway 02)

[@MYWORLD-pf5fo]

@@afsaramehrin2993 he did so because he hadn't runway in sight

[@MahfuzurRahmanopu]

@@afsaramehrin2993 tried to land from the opposite side????. learn English first.. try to understand and then argue he is one of the most experienced & talented captain no one wants to die. ( this is Mahfuzur Rahman flight operation officer Emirates. Indira Gandhi International Airport, India)

[@afsaramehrin2993]

@@MahfuzurRahmanopu excuse me pilot bhaiya!! You need to learn English instead! If he was so "experienced" why did he get so confused from the first place? Why was he drunk? Why did he smoke in the cockpit and misbehave with the co-pilot?? What kind of pilot ever smokes in the cockpit? The voice records prove that he was indeed confused between the runways 02 and 20 and was way too tired to fly the plane.

[@tareq282]

At the time of 2:46, why the ATC needed to make confused the pilot regarding the landing runway when both parties agreed earlier to land on runway 02? Yes, the pilot was under mental pressure, however, what was the pressure in the bulshit ATC of Nepal Airport?

[@pratiktimsina7819]

Look at the CCTV footage...plane was not in tha position to make that landing he should have made a go around?? But not he wanted to land that plane anyhow and have a nice sleep...he was tired maybe

[@myplanet1007]

This message for Nepal international airport control room staff's *you must speak fluent English and have experience if you don't then plz go and get well training to pass the clear message . show some work efficiency*

[@animalworld2145]

ATC has fluent English there pilot seems to be speaking in mixed Indian and English accent

[@maxfactor4209]

Is DURN means Turn in Indian accent?

[@MYWORLD-pf5fo]

@Shubham Tiwari it's not about an accent it's how they learn to pronounce BTW that was Nepali accent

[@MYWORLD-pf5fo]

@Shubham Tiwari yea I'll go with ya

[@Aiden_DCruze]

Lagta h Pilot neendh me tha

[@robonic4616]

What's wrong with the ATC? It seems his/her english skills are too poor, he/she made it super confusing. I could not understand if he was saying runway 02 or 20, totally mixed up. Definitely the pilot was responsible but all the issue started when the incompetent ATC gave mixed up instructions.

[@OhioOwns]

I was completely unaware that Indians(da-da's, not wah-wah's) allowed women to be pilots?

[@ujjwalmisra5931]

India has the highest no. of female pilots in the World by percentage sir.

[@navinjohnson]

But everything was going so smoothly....

[@zuhayr1337]

At first yes, but then everything got real twisted and confusing leading from one to another.

[@manikroy7768]

Yes. Here is the full audio and text bit.ly/2p2fWVE

[@sarahphyllis5782]

Stupid Pilot and Idiot ATC man screwed up the whole thing with 02 and 20 😑

[@jabsrastachannel772]

Drunk pilot maybe

[@alienchaser1495]

The hell with such English...

[@MRVISTA-wz7vj]

Jesus h Christ. 02.20.02.20. pick an f ING runway already! 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@RaceMentally]

He sounds drunk!

[@thaparam6118]

कठै हाम्रो देश नेपाल को इङलिस पिलेन लाई इसारा दिने टावोर मा बस्ने मान्छे हरु को इङलिस कुन देश मा पास गरि जागिर खाये को होला नि

[@dramatya6613]

Instead of blaming the education of the ATC , watch the national geography documentary

[@jabsrastachannel772]

English Language problem

[@eltaahiras-salafi7958]

Pilot just kill passengers due to reckless flying nothing was wrong with the plane

[@tbonemalone13]

Indians should only operate used Toyota Camrys

[@zuhayr1337]

Who's Indian here?