US-Bangla Airlines crashes in Nepal

[ToBeFair]

http://www.financialexpress.com/worl...sions/1096735/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-n...-idUSKCN1GP0CS

[Tigers_eye]

Thanks everyone for your condolences and prayers. The newly wed couple were Brig Gen Nasir's (Retd.) son and daughter in law.

The pilot was one of most experienced one. He had flown this route over 70 times. He knew ins and out of that airport. He passed away as well (later). Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun.

The fire ungulfed it. We have to accept the fact that their time was up. One day our time will be up too. Not an extra breath we will be able to take. We just don't know how and when. Not an extra pump from the heart. It has its number set firmly. The questions is are we prepared to face that moment?

"We belong to You and we will return to You."

[ToBeFair]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
The pilot was one of most experienced one. He had flown this route over 70 times. He knew ins and out of that airport. He passed away as well (later). Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun.

The fire ungulfed it. We have to accept the fact that their time was up. One day our time will be up too. Not an extra breath we will be able to take. We just don't know how and when. Not an extra pump from the heart. It has its number set firmly. The questions is are we prepared to face that moment?

That their time was up - no doubt about it. However, this is in no way correlated to what caused the incident. We have to know the reason behind it. And knowing this reason will not negate in anyway our belief as Muslim in predestination.

Yes, there was some confusion about where to land (02 or 20), but it appears to me that the plane has crashed due to pilot error. Eye witnesses have said that plane was disoriented before landing and its wing hit the ground before the plane could properly touch the runway.

Incompetence and unprofessionalism of Bangladeshi pilots are nothing new. Read the following incident below.

http://www.dhakatribune.com/banglade...sengers-board/


I followed this incident and later no investigation was carried out and no action was taken against those two pilots for this serious breach because of pressure from "provabshali mohol" and "pilot syndicate".

And BD in general does not care much about safety and technical competency. That's why the carrier carrying the PM also had mechanical faults. So many people were fired over that incident. Ekhon ki kchu hobe? PM er life er dam achey, amader life er kono dam nai for sure in BD.

[ToBeFair]

বিমান দুর্ঘটনায় প্রাণহানি ও আমাদের দায়

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by ToBeFair

http://www.dhakatribune.com/banglade...sengers-board/

wow just wow. Unprofessional-ism is in our nation's blood.

[Night_wolf]

This crash has now has the most fatalities for a BD plane crash overtaking the 1984 crash at Dhaka.

[Night_wolf]

The Captain Abid Sultan had many previous landing experience in this Airport while this would have been first officer Prithila Rashid's first landing in this airport.

Its really surprising for a experience pilot like Abid to make mistakes in landing the plane in clear weather. the captain was communicating with the ATC while landing, usually the pilot who lands the plane do not communicate with the ATC, since Abid was communicating, It is believed that Prithila Rashid might have been the one who was landing the plane. but we will never know as Abid Sultan himself might have been landing and making the communication himself.

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by Night_wolf
wow just wow. Unprofessional-ism is in our nation's blood.

should not have said in our nation's blood. unprofessional individuals are in every nation/race/culture

just google Aeroflot Flight 593 and see what happened to it. that my friends is the ultimate unprofessional-ism

[ToBeFair]

Originally Posted by Night_wolf
should not have said in our nation's blood. unprofessional individuals are in every nation/race/culture

just google Aeroflot Flight 593 and see what happened to it. that my friends is the ultimate unprofessional-ism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1UKBUk0USk

A reconstruction of what happened during that flight.

I like the channel of Allec Joshua Ibay. This guy really makes absorbing reconstruction videos of airline incidents and accidents. Once you start watching, you will get addicted.

[ahnaf]

Originally Posted by bujhee kom
Very sorry to hear about your classmate and her husband, dear Ahnaf.
May Allah give their family strength and give the departed souls eternal peace.

I was wrong. Her husband survived. May Allah ease the pain for him.

[ToBeFair]

More report

http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpag...ck-box-1547929

[ToBeFair]

http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/n...211-crash.html

[ToBeFair]

https://youtu.be/nfVGgJK9fwE

[Shehwar]

Originally Posted by ToBeFair
https://youtu.be/nfVGgJK9fwE

This isn’t the actual footage bro.

[Moh899]

SO basically it was the pilots fault right? Because a plane just doesnt crash at the very last minute while landing. Maybe wrong alignment or distraction?

[Jadukor]

Marfoti kotha barta like "it was their time to go" seriously pisses me off because it undermines professional accountability. We need to find out who made the error and under what circumstances.

[Shehwar]

Originally Posted by Moh899
SO basically it was the pilots fault right? Because a plane just doesnt crash at the very last minute while landing. Maybe wrong alignment or distraction?

No one knows, but there is a video footage from the locals where it shows the plane had its landing gear out 18 km away from the airport and almost landed in the jungle ( was only about 200 ft away from ground ) so something wasn’t right way before the plane approached the airport! The locals were heard saying that plane has lost its way and it’s been flying forever or somewhere along those lines.

[DinRaat.]

What model plane was it, usually planes these days have sophisticated ILS(Instrument Landing System) to avoid problems such as this.

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by Shehwar
No one knows, but there is a video footage from the locals where it shows the plane had its landing gear out 18 km away from the airport and almost landed in the jungle ( was only about 200 ft away from ground ) so something wasn’t right way before the plane approached the airport! The locals were heard saying that plane has lost its way and it’s been flying forever or somewhere along those lines.

from the ATC and Cockpit recording we dont see any distress from the pilot. we need to see what we get from the cockpit voice recorder to get the truth.

[DinRaat.]

I hope technology in the future takes over landing and takeoff, this is the way forward, cannot trust humans anymore.

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by DinRaat.
What model plane was it, usually planes these days have sophisticated ILS(Instrument Landing System) to avoid problems such as this.

it was a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, this is the most fatal crash of this model

[DinRaat.]

This is a fairly advance and modern aircraft, probably miscommunication between the two parties.

[ToBeFair]

Originally Posted by DinRaat.
This is a fairly advance and modern aircraft, probably miscommunication between the two parties.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2CIxzmqgu4

Listen to the communication between the pilot and ATC (first seven mins) - there seems no confusion or stress or anything from either side. Seems confusion theory is propelled only by US Bangla and BD newspapers.

[Night_wolf]

Death toll reduced to 49 by Nepal ministry, apparently the first count of 51 was wrong

http://www.unb.com.bd/bangladesh-new...al%C2%A0/65540

[DinRaat.]

Shame, we can't even give the families a decent report as to what happened, this is just so piss poor from both ends of the spectrum.