Pilot was found responsible for plane crash in Kathmandu

 SMTV Desk 2019-01-28 15:39:32  Aircraft crash, Kathmandu, Bangladesh-Kathmandu crash
Pilot was found responsible for plane crash in Kathmandu

The aircraft crashed at Nepal’s international airport on March 12, 2018, in Kathmandu has pointed to the fault of the pilot. The draft of investigation mentioned that the pilot was “extremely upset” and chain-smoked and wept in the cockpit. The voice recorder also captured the conversation between the captain and his co-pilot. Where he said, "I don t f---ing care about the safe flight, you f--- your duty."




On March 12, 2018, Flight BS211 of the US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned airline of the US-Bangla Group, took off from Dhaka and landed in Kathmandu. On landing, the aircraft, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, clipped the fence of the Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) and crashed. Out of 71 people on board, 51 were killed. Both the pilot and the first officer also died in the crash. The accident was declared as the Himalayan nation’s worst aviation disaster in 26 years.