US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211
scheduled international passenger flight by US-Bangla Airlines
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, that crashed on 12 March 2018 while landing, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard. The aircraft, a 76-seat Bombardier Q400 operated by US-Bangla Airlines, burst into flames after the crash. The 20 surviving passengers were badly injured from the impact and the fire. It remains the deadliest aviation disaster involving a Bangladeshi airline, and the deadliest incident involving a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400.
A commission appointed by the government of Nepal investigated the accident and concluded that the probable cause of the crash was pilot disorientation and a loss of situational awareness of the flight crew. The report was criticized by the airline and by the Bangladeshi representative on the commission, who felt that the air traffic controllers at Tribhuvan International Airport did not do their job properly and could have prevented the accident.
Accident
The Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft operating as flight number BS-211, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at 06:51 UTC (12:51 pm Bangladesh Standard Time), bound for Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. BS-211 was a regularly scheduled flight that operated four times a week between the two cities.
At 08:10 UTC, First Officer Prithula Rashid contacted Kathmandu Approach, who told the flight to descend to 13,500 feet (4,100 m) and enter a holding pattern at a specified navigational waypoint. Long approach delays were common at Kathmandu, due to a lack of airport capacity and a high volume of traffic, so the instruction to enter a holding pattern was not unusual.
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