How An Emotional Captain Crashed His Plane | US Bangla Airlines Flight 211
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This is the story of US bangla airlines flight 211. On the 12th of march 2018, a Dash 8 was flying from Dhaka bangladesh to kathmandu nepal, the plane departed at about 6:51 am UTC and as it flew away from dhaka the captain got in contact with ATC, ATC wanted an ADC number, it was a number that all outbound international flights needed. The captain replied with their ADC number in a high pitched voice and the flight carried on.
The plane cruised on its way to its destination, the captain talked to the operations people on the ground and nothing much happened over the course of the flight.
By 7:52 the plane was in contact with Kathmandu center and the first officer requested a descent. Kathmandu center cleared them down to 16000 feet and then handed them off to Kathmandu approach. But it wouldn't be a straight in approach, the crew had to hold for a bit over the gauras waypoint.
By 8:13 am UTC, ATC instructed them to continue with the approach. They had to descend down to 11500 feet and then carry out a VOR approach onto runway 02. But things didnt go according to plan. As the plane was in the holding pattern the captain and the first officer were talking among themselves and they forgot to cancel the hold in the FMC or the insert definition here. So instead of continuing the approach the plane turned back into the holding pattern.
They noticed their mistake immediately and as ATC warned them about the mistake that they had made the captain selected 027 degrees on the autopilot, this was within 5 degrees of the heading that they were supposed to be flying in.
So right now theyre heading towards the KTM VOR, or a waypoint if you will but due to their mistake they were lined up with it perfectly they were coming in at an angle, they'd have to fix this later on. They intercepted the correct radial, that is radial 202 or in other terms the correct flight path 7 nautical miles from the runway. But they didnt turn onto the correct radial, but instead they kept going on the same heading. This meant that they were to the right of the runway now.
Soon they were about 2-3 nm from the KTM VOR, the Waypoint that we were talking about before. But they hadnt fixed their approach; they were still off the correct approach path. The controller let them know about their position and the controller let them know that they were cleared for runway 02. But strangely the controller tolf them that they were heading towards runway 20, the other end of the runway. The controller wanted to know what the pilot's intentions were. They still wanted to land on runway 02, so they made an orbit to the right to line up with runway 02 better.
As they made the right turn the pilot said that he had the runway in sight. The controller hearing this gave them clearance to land, but what the controller didn't know yet was that the plane wasnt lined up with the runway and they were headed for the wrong runway. The plane zoomed towards the runway from the east, seeing this the controller canceled the landing clearance of the plane by saying quote “"Takeoff clearance cancelled".
The plane banked hard over the airport in an attempt to line up with the runway, it banked left and right trying to line up. The plane was maneuvering erratically at low attitude, at one point it was heading straight for the air traffic control tower. The controllers ducked down out of fear. It was now trying to line up with runway 20. The controllers attempted to contact flight 211 they said “BS211 i say again” the controller never finished his sentence. The plane touched down 1700 meters or 5500 feet from the threshold of the runway 20. The plane wasnt level it, nor was it lined up with the runway. It crashed to the side of the runway. Of the 71 people on board only 20 people survived. 
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The company is at fault as much as the pilot. The company was in the process of taking serious disciplinary action against the pilot and they should have suspended him in the meantime.
The captain should also have excluded himself from flying duties citing the pending disciplinary action realising it was affecting his ability to fly-that is his professional responsibility.
The first officer was also in a very difficult situation having a senior pilot unloading all of his worries instead of concentrating on the job in hand and no doubt was overwhelmed by it all.
Net result 51 lives lost needlessly.
Great video and commentary as always.
The pilot *had resigned* before the flight!
But the code of conduct at US-Bangla was that you had to work until you were dismissed.
But apparently that - and the fact that he was actually unwilling to fly - still meant that _“Nobody forced him to fly”_
www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2018/03/14/caab-chairman-nobody-forced-us-bangla-pilot-abid
That does put a rather large hole into _[t]he captain should have excluded himself from flying duties_ and I can easily see that as “Fly! Or else!”
And reading www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/special/2019/03/17/1-year-on-from-us-bangla-crash-new-evidence-suggests-pilot-was-unstable
once more shows he had resigned before the flight. And had not slept the last night. And that the female former trainee now was shooting off her mouth, working at a competing airline!
So he shit-ranted her.
But the main problem was the rumour of an extramarital affair between him and his former trainee. Understand that 90% of the Bangladeshi are Muslims. Arranged marriages are the norm, where you have some choice - you may be able to rule out the really bad ones (not that you necessarily get to meet them) but the family head does the deciding and bartering … and divorce is deeply shameful and socially really not acceptable.
In a poor country like Bangladesh, if we don't work we won't be able to feed our families, and regulations might not have allowed him to get paid leaves.
I totally agree Al
no way I'm sitting in next to some guy having emotional breakdowns as co-pilot and just waiting to die. Should have taken the controls and gotten the purser to sit on the captain until the go-around was done.
he had many problems at one point I recommended he be removed from flight status forever
I am from Nepal and I remember the day. Most of the Nepalese were Medical Students who were studying or recently graduated from Universities in Bangladesh. Few Medical Books of those students were seen in the crash site which made everyone so emotional that holding tears was too difficult.
Such a sad incident
@@Fakhrealammm Indeed.
Why was suicide not considered as also a possibility for this crash?
The pilot was forced to resign because of allegations against him of sexual harassment.
For a lot of poorer nations being a pilot is a prestigious position. And when you lose that position it can be of great shame.
This was the case with the Egypt Air that crashed killing everyone on board. Very similar circumstances. The pilot was in Europe when he was confronted about sexual harassment and was told to resign as soon as he lands back in Egypt. He was flying the plane back to Egypt and appeared to purposely seem confused. He brought down the plane killing everyone.
Suicides by pilots is more common than you think. Remember the German co-pilot who locked the cabin door when the pilot left to use the restroom. And flew the plane directly into the ground. There were reports of the pilot being heard on the flight recorder banging on the cabin door and pleading with the copilot to open the door.
Malaysia Airlines is another example with the plane that was lost and never found.
I wonder if the pilot to purposely appear confused as he had already had in his mind to take out his anger on his job and the airline????
I would bet that was the case. The pilot was held responsible for this crash. But it is difficult to prove suicide as you then prove to know what the pilot was thinking which is impossible.
I believe this was a SUICIDE and MURDER of all those who died. Very sad.
So many factors come into play before a perfect disastor. For example, even the ATC was mismanaging them and not warning beforehand, they were on a wrong runway.
Rip for all poor souls...
Why did you miss out on the fact the as per the CVR, the reason for his stress was that he was forced to resign from the company due to allegations of an affair and was worried about whether he will get another job? Yes, he had already resigned from the airline the previous day but was still put on a flight as per company policy which required him to continue working until his discharge. A pilot should not be put on a flight after he has resigned, especially he has been forced to resign over an affair.
Oh no! ☹️
He was flying back to back that day. This was his second or third flight that day.
will at least the company wont be able to fire him (posthumously) for the crash, since he already resigned. And smoking inside the cockpit was no big deal, what are they going to do? fire him....
Over an affair how is this an employers business? It was his marriage. That has NOTHING to do with the employer. Why were they making this THEIR AFFAIR? Do they tell their pilots how to fuck their wives too? Do they have an approved list sex positions? It's absolute madness that he would lose his job over this when he was about to possibly lose his marriage on top of it. It was his mistake but it had literally nothing to do with his employment!! Good god. A pilot can be single, and it's none of their business if they get married right? So how is it their business, how he managed that relationship? Absolutely unethical.
@Fidd88 Except all parties are consenting and unlike a student an affair involves someone who is not under the care and supervision of the first party. There is no 'authority' in this scenario. The airliners has authority over the first party as an employer. That's it. Unlike the student, where the school has authority over the student, thus making an employee of the school an exploitative entity, this is beyond the scope and reach of the employer. They do not rule his life, nor have any right to dictate what he or she should do in his world. They do not feed him, clothe him, or choose when or how he beds his wife, how many times a week he masturbates or has sex with her, and whether or not they are swingers, in an open relationship or extramarital one. Can he be fired if SHE had an affair on him? I doubt that. So this is directly stating they control his love life. That's disgusting and unethical.
I lost a school friend in this crash. He was with his wife and only son. They were a small family of 3 and all died. Probably it was their first family vacation outside the country. So saddening.
I heard the record of the ATC conversation. There was a confusion of runway 02 and 20 between the cockpit and ATC which was very surprising. At some moment both the cockpit and the ground was simultaneously lost ! This called THE CALL OF FATE!!!
I'm sorry for your loss.
So sorry. This never should have happened.
I would hardly call a horrible accident fate. These things just happen sometimes, but that doesn't mean they should
This was caused by incompetence and anger, not fate.
Whatever the conversation doesn't m.atter here ,pilot should've not attempted landin, why so hurry, every pilot go around in such case
As I always say a broken heart causes a broken plane
if it was a boeing, they have made it....
@@jonyjoe8464 to be quite honest the amount of boeing crashes are weirdly frequent
@@bruhman2396 So are airbus crashes. if the pilot is bad no amount of advancements in technology is gonna save you. But I do agree with you in that Boeing has more mechanical problems.
No, you don't "always say" that. This is only your second time. First in your head while watching the video and second when you made this ridiculous post.
@@bruhman2396 No it isn't. Boeing has far more airplanes in service than any other company and has been around for over a hundred years. The next closest competitor airbus has only been around since 70s. And they definitely don't have the 700 series of aircraft... the most flown and used aircraft in the world. That is like saying "gee the number of toyota crashes are weirdly frequent" when you only talk to people that own toyotas.
It's sad when personal circumstances lead to accidents like this
And selfish. POS pilot. Had emotional issues and/or psychological issues.
@@paulazemeckis7835 how tf was it selfish. stfu
Accidents implies that there is no one to blame.
@@lookabomba32 Technically speaking...an accident implies that it occurred without intentional or deliberate cause but there is always a reason why it happened or what were the circumstances that led to it...
This was many things, but I’m not sure “accident” is on the list.
The Captain was kicked out of Air Force for his mental instability before he joined the US Bangla Airlines
That should say it all
Bangladesh has an airforce? xD
Indeed.
@@ashutoshpatil2515 why wouldnt they
@@tcg1_qc we are their neighbours and tired of helping them. While they massacre our masses
When you play flight simulator and dinner's ready so you want to land asap
NOTAM: Tendies crispy.
Yup
Seriously that's the kind of simulator landing I be all like "haha there's no way in hell a pilot would do this in real life"
Well, not very funny in this matter
Do a landing anywhere then
I remember this crash. The passengers were mostly MBBS students and graduates retuning home from Bangladesh.
I was also flying back to Kathmandu at 3pm from Bhairahawa that day. Later my flight was cancelled due to obvious reasons
I'm glad you were not on this flight and that you made it back safely. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims, as well as with the survivors.
That's pretty terrifying. Glad you are still with us. This could have been totally avoided. Tragic.
There were only 6 MBBS students
I have read the official report for this accident, on the CVR transcript, it is shocking and somewhat unreal the way the captain was so distracted during the approach (he was literally ranting about his sex life with the FO). Excellent video!
phew! definitely unfit to fly then
there was some video here on yt.. of a similar major breakdown and rant from a pilot.. going through a divorce.
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but thankfully she ranted and directly addressed/ stood in front of the PAX before even the craft left tge gate.
and so.. thing were saved.. she chose not to be tge flight crew.
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this incident i think is from U.S. of A
*** life?! Unacceptable for a pilot
is that available anywhere online? the transcript?
FO means?
First officer/copilot
Our lesson: fishing off the company pier is usually a bad idea.
also called, don't dip your pen in the company ink.
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@@vf-31tomcatters aid k00l
They landed the plane like I try to when doing an IFR landing in MS Flight Simulator. It's funny when I do it, but I don't have people on board.
Any time I'm doing something complicated and I start getting tired or emotional I tell mysel 'check yourself before you wreck yourself' and force myself to double and tripple check everything, especially when I don't want to, it's saved me a lot of trouble and a few times probably saved my life.
Love listening to your videos as I'm driving to and from work.
Trouble is your audio leveling is way off and I have to basically crank my volume all the way up in order to hear you. I'd love to hear your audio quality improve.
It's been a cool journey following you this last year
Agreed that his already good videos would be improved with better audio recording.
@@blakewilkinson8911 (and Peter) : I agree, too. The videos are good, but the audio level is way too low.
How we stop this from happening again? Simply by changing the attitudes of the companies. The aircrew should receive moral support and not being blamed for some minor mistakes.
Even if a mistake is made, there should be talk about it and not immediate punishment.
As long as there is no support from the companies toward their employees, these incidents and accidents are going to pile up.
BTW, I worked as an airline pilot for 27 years and it is exactly this lack of support I felt which made me quit aviation. This is a message from me to the companies: „Never fuck with my loyalty.“ Because, you did it and thus lost me forever. As an employee and as a customer.
Another great video, sad story - nice job
You can always go around because, while you do want to get the plane on the ground, presumably you also want to do so and have it remain in one piece.
When the captain cries... Everyone dies.
The captain was well trained, and he was competent, it’s just all about emotions. When you are broken down, and have a foggy mind because of anger and sadness, you tend to act irrationally. He didn’t think about the plane nor the job in that moment, he just wanted to get everything done as quick as possible, while having hos mind occupied by other things and emotions.
Facts 😬😞🥀 Sad situation...
@Raidzor Competent, you say? Well trained, you say? That is an insult to competent, well trained professionals. Competent pilots do not berate their 1st officers; do not play zig-zag over an airport, nor crash & murderously kill innocents; etc., etc. You put you family on this flight then defend his competence!
No excuse for being selfish.
I’m not a pilot, nor in any way qualified to judge the pilot’s expertise, so I won’t comment on his training or prior performance. However, his judgement is seriously in question, as is his professionalism. The company should not have allowed him to command this flight.
@@Torontotootwo Competence and training do not correlate to his actions. You could drug the best pilot in the world, and under the influence of drugs that pilot would do similar things to the ones in this video. And that’s what emotions acted like here, like drugs, something that fills up your mind and impairs you.
This channel has improved tremendously in the last few months. Good job!
Keep it up ,love your work all the way from Australia
I really enjoy your videos and I learn a lot from them. The animation included in the newer videos is really helpful, too. Thanks very much for explaining these incidents so clearly that a person like me, with very little knowledge of aviation, can understand what happened and why.
How the heck do you keep someone working in a job where peoples' lives are on the line while you're investigating the extent of their malpractice??
Like for example, heathcare staff and doctors working in extreme stress and exhaustion during bad covid times,,,,
Keep up the good work, I really enjoy your videos.
The track at 8:50 was pretty close to being... uhh... interesting.
uhm.. yeah 😳
"if I'm fired, I'm gonna go out with a bang"
I really enjoy your videos, and have just subscribed. Even when I've seen other documentaries on the same crashes, your programs always teach me something new. I find the closeup graphics showing the inner workings function. Thank you so much for your shows!
Best
My God I wish I could find video of this. I wonder if the CVR transcript is online somewhere. This was an absolutely wild and completely avoidable crash. I'm mystified.
IMAGINE the pilot, the CAPTAIN, smoking cigarettes in the cockpit. In 2018! This was so wild. Those poor, unsuspecting passengers.
You earned that 100k my guy. I've been falling asleep to your videos since you were at 7k. Just to clarify: not cause they're boring, I just don't fall asleep till I'm listening to reruns of stuff I like lol.
Watched all of your videos. Good job
Is it true that the Captain had already quit his job? If someone is resigning for a medical issue, be it physical or mental, sometimes maybe they should not be required to work their 'notice' period. Especially when you are an airline captain, with such a junior f/o.
Great video man, as always, we learn a lot from your channel. Hope everyone is well and good. Rip to the those lost.
See, this is something I've tried to find out because I keep seeing comments that he resigned but I had found one article from an English-language Bangledeshi-based news source that said he hadn't actually submitted anything so I'm not sure. It looks like there may be some misinformation being perpetuated, perhaps due to the language barrier?
Its a great video and explained in a very professional way. feeling bad those who lost their family and friends.
I returned home from tuition, my parents were watching TV and this crash was on the news, I was totally shocked, I still remember that afternoon so clearly.
ohh... when was it on news or rather which channels.. i wonder.
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you from Bangladesh, Nepal, Bharat or elsewhere.. just curious.. nothing else
Wonderful. Now do you have anything to add about the video?
@@sailaab I'm from Kolkata
@@princeofcupspoc9073 not really, at that moment it was being said that the plane crashed because of miscommunication between the ATC and the pilot but never knew anything about this emotional breakdown thing of the captain before watching this video.
This incident feels like a suicide. How in the world could a pilot experienced enough to be a training captain so egregiously botch an approach? Especially if he was attempting to demonstrate his skill and capability to the FO
It wasn't suicide. He landed the aircraft didn't he? He just did a piss poor job of lining it up so they skidded off the runway, into soft ground which flipped the plane. The captain survived the crash and only died several days later in hospital.
He was clearly incapacitated. Basically a mental breakdown meant he was so impaired he couldn’t fly. Possibly so impaired he didn’t know how unstable or dangerous he was. He should never have been flying for sure but he should also have never been allowed to fly by the airline and F/O, or they should have made the decision to land when things started to get out of hand.
Imagine he had a heart attack. F/O takes over. I know this is different, and a lot more complicated but one wonders how things could have gone.
Not suicide, just too busy crying about his mistress breaking up with him to actually do his job.
Just in-case people are understanding the confusing of runways between 02 and 20 - it's not just a number for the runway. Runway numbers are based off the heading that runway is lined up with. So runway 20 would be 200deg heading (if you are looking directly North, you would need to look behind you and to your left), while runway 02 would be 20deg (if you are looking directly North, you would need to look in front of you and to your right).
Indeed, exactly.
Visibility was good that day! I was at holdshort rnwy 02 for departure i saw the impact with my eyes and everything
Did they cancel your flight ? If not I hope people around you were not too anxious.
is your plane the plane in the videos waiting then death happened and started moving, small with turboprop?
Your channel is really growing fast now ,congratulations
Your content is always great. You should consider a podcast series, perhaps on one type of disaster (737 MAX, bombings, pilot suicide, dangerous approaches, etc) I’m sure with your RUclips following you could get some sponsors and and a podcast editor. Your RUclips content and animations are great and analysis is wonderful for viewers with different knowledge of planes. Keep up the great work.
Keep up the good work sir.
love the vids and animations
Animations? o.0 You tlak about the Flightsimulator? :D
@@squid_fm :D
the first time he uploaded the crash story about a bangladesh plane
This channel is mega amazing
O damn...this is unacceptable behavior from a person in this captain's position
Thank you for the video friend.
Big Fan From Nepal.
The captain was emotionally unfit to command. He was the training supervisor over a new first officer who would be psychologically at a disadvantage in performing the necessary function of correcting the captain’s mistakes. A tragedy scenario that was doomed to play out to its inevitable conclusion.
Great Channel. Well done.
How to stop this from happening again? Don´t let mentally instable persons at the flight controls!
As an investigator putted it in a documentary: The Captain totally mismanaged this flight.
The FO was too young, too inexperienced and too shy to stop this from happening - unfortunately.
You are making excellent videos. It is a shame that the sound is still too quiet and not the best quality.
Agreed. The audio level is way too low.
Nothing wrong with the audio
There's this 'volume' function on your device where you can make sounds louder...
@@jamc666 Oh, I didn't know that, thanks! But seriously, why do you waste time writing idiotic comments like that? The only intention of my constructive criticism was to help his videos be even better.
I must write my second comment here within a day after my first comment.
The story is told here in a way that the pilot(S) are the only ones who got to be blamed. But if you listen to the original ATC-Cockpit conversation you will find that ATC was also very confused to see the planes flight path and failed to gain control over a disoriented pilot. Blaming the pilot is a very easy way to scape. Both the US Bangla company and ATC should also be accounted for.
Why US Bangla planned such a cockpit?
Why ATC the so called Air Traffic Control couldn’t control ? Listen to their conversation and see how they messed up with 2-0 and 0-2!
You did not mention that the captain had a mental breakdown during the flight. He was crying during the flight because of the psychic strain. This could be heard on the CVR recording. The junior first officer unfortunately was just a listener and had not the power to take over once she had realized that the captain was simply unable to fly. I can understand that she, due to her lower rank just did nothing to save the plane....
There were unfortunately three huge barriers for her to do what would have been necessary in this situation:
1.) There was a steep authority gradient in the cockpit: She was a very young Junior Officer, he was a very senior Captain.
2.) She was a young female, he was a much older male.
3.) She was very unexperienced and flew this route in the Himalayas for the very first time. She would have had huge problems to bring the plane down in one piece if she would have tried it alone.
So in fact she was totally helpless.
That is why all personnel of any company or service that requires a clear head and responsible behavior are placed on administrative leave immediately. Pilots, police officers, medical professionals, firefighters etc. In this case, the pilot had already resigned and yet they had him flying until the time they officially accepted his resignation and dismissed him.
You are so right, you made this very clear in your comment. Great insight.
Not fully true. They maybe should but aren’t always. I wasn’t on administrative leave despite being in traumatherapy when I got another one because I was raped. My boss very superficially knew but I wasn’t put on leave. I was a pharmacy technician and yes, we need to have a clear had too, we don’t just count pills and put a sticker on it.
(I had a patient once who had come in together with about 6 others. You’d think not that many... but we were just 2 technicians. That day not only was the waiting room exceptionally full, we got all distractions we could have. Faxed prescriptions, the printer spitting out 200-ish prescriptions (that was not out of normal procedure) but then we had two phonelines that both had rang and we put into hold (which meant trying to remember after sometimes 10minutes filled with other tasks for a patient at you desk), a GP who wanted the answer to a question while I was busy with one more complicated one regarding side effects, contraindications and things like that. Doc wanted me to search for her first. A few secs later the assistant would put a prescription upside down on the counter which you also had to take away right away because others could turn over and look at it. Then after patient 1, I excused myself to pick up one line who was still there, which normally causes grumbling by at least 1 person. Luckily none that day. Patient 2 required a call to our main office and ask my pharmacist if it was safe to take those meds she was prescribed with her other meds and/or pre-existing condition. Having to make that call in front of her meant you needed to explain why you called and reassure them that it was no problem or it was ok but some symptoms needed to be acted upon if they occurred. Gladly she accepted that I had double checked, why, how and what. Normally all these co-occurring things happen spread over the day and we didn’t have 7 waiting people. It was the first and I think only time someone said “oh wow, this job is way more stressful than I ever though. I always thought you just printed a sticker on a package and that’s it. I just now got to see what you really have to do, how many things to do, see and remember all at once. I don’t think I could do this work.... and be more patient if it seems you’re not doing anything, because that clearly can be very deceiving. Respect to you and your coworkers!”
It really was a very crazy 15minutes. Normally it wasn’t like that. We had busy moments for sure but that specific day and what all decided to co-occur was the most extreme I have seen in that smaller office. At the same time it was exciting when we had gotten through it and also both remained as friendly as we would on a slower moment instead of stressed and snappy. And the compliment was nice too 😊 Also because she simply said she had been wrong and would from now on be more patient AND would tell others she knew also sometimes complained about waiting what she had witnessed so they’d be less *NOW*~ish)
I DO know that had I been in my mental health spot I was in as of June 2015, I never could have handled this. I would have been overwhelmed and subsequently lost sight of what I was doing and not execute my job the way I could and should. I could and still did my job more behind the scenes. But then we moved to a more open pharmacy. No place to work in quiet, you were constantly watched and it was too much for me. That and eventually sleeping 20h a day for a year did me in. I wouldn’t want to go back to my pharmacy even if I hadn’t been put on lifelong disability. Different pharmacist; new coworkers, just... no. It’s not my place anymore.
I could do the job, but somewhere else with some places to not be in the open for 9,5h.
Unstable approach doesn't sound deadly,but it is.
I wouldn't want my surgeon to be an emotional wreck on the day of my surgery, and I wouldn't want my pilot to not have his head in the game either.
I wonder how forgiving airlines are towards pilots. I mean I would hope that they have personal days they can use for when they feel neither physically or mentally prepared to fly that day.
What would you do as a pilot if your fellow flight crew member seemed distracted and upset? You don't want to hurt their career, but you also aren't comfortable with their mental or physical state.
I wondered the same thing. If a pilot approaches their management and explains they feel unfit to fly, are there serious repercussions?
@@philhughes3882 depends heavily, but generally yes. most boss do not care your personal problems, and even less in this case (ha fucked his subordinate), add this that it happened in Bangladesh, not in a western country, so if you say you are unfit for duty, you can get fired for it and even get on a nice blacklist as an unsafe pilot, so you will never fly again. Sad, but there is a reason for these investigation results. Hopefully some airlines made their system less bad after this, but probably not the ones that would need this the most.
A surgeon might kill one patient. That's bad, but a pilot with possibly hundreds of passengers is so much worse.
@@thorin1045 When a pilot feels unfit to fly he´s unfit to fly until he feels fit to fly again. Period. That´s the professional standard in the airline business worldwide around the globe. It hasn´t to do anything with culture or politics. And if a pilot recognizes that the other pilot in the cockpit is unfit to fly he has to take over the the duty of Pilot in Command and land as soon as possible. Period. That´s also professional standard in the airline business worldwide around the globe. Beyond any culture and politics. And that´s ONE reason why two pilots are sitting in a cockpit. Talking about economy: An old air industry wisdom says: If you think safety is expensive - try a crash.
The reality of this flight was unfortunately that the Captain didn´t report himself unfit to fly after his sleepless night - and that the FO was too young and too unexperienced to be able to act as necessary in this situation.
And btw.: The Captain was on his way to leave the company anyway.
@@NicolaW72 The reality is, that you can assume such ideal state for most of the world, but you would only assume it, not find it. Most of the world still works with outdated systems and ideas where your superiors can and will state that you are fit or even simply do not care if you are unfit, you either do your job or not get payed, and suddenly you have to be fit.
Yes, most such stupid companies sooner or later have to pay the price of their stupidity, but regularly not the idiots forcing a bad concept the one who dies, or even the one who pays the price for the crash.
Very nice video, love the animation! Great explanation as always.
- it would've been much better if you would've covered the actions of the Kathmandu ATC in more detail, particularly what was mentioned at 4:35, and other counter-allegations put forward by the Bangladeshi side
- the captain, his first officer and the cabin crew all died. the captain's wife also died of a heart attack when she heard of his death, orphaning their only son
Thank you for sharing
I remembered the day when i came back from school I saw the news of this crash it was so sad.Few days back I travelled by this airline in that time it was the biggest and best private airline in bd
@Mini Air Crash Investigation
4:02 the first thing that popped into my mind at that point was 2 BALLS AND A WEIN- oh never mind
damn.. I cannot unseen it now hahaha
That's probably what was on the Captains mind ;p
Yeah, I saw that too... 😳
When a company makes an employee resign, they ensure he is escorted out of the building immediately.
Not a pilot unfortunately for those who died.
Which simulator do u use
I'm not sure there is anything that can be done to prevent this. Teach pilots "you can always go around"? That's already happening. Teach co-pilots that they should call for a go-around when the PIC seems unwilling? Also happening already. What else is there? Not allow pilots to fly if they have personal issues? They'd never tell you about them.
Agree. He also violated the Sterile Cockpit rule.
When you’re a pilot flying passengers at thousands of feet in the air, you need to have your mind on the job and on nothing less than the job!
Better psychological evaluation is the only one that comes to my mind. A mentally healthy person wouldn't let anything impact them to the point of flying like they had just installed a flight sim for the first time in their life.
Periodic mandatory psychological evaluations for all commercial pilots might help.
Yes. And mental fitness to fly has to become a topic.
Thank you for a great video explaining what happened about this tragedy. But I would liked for you to have included information about what to the pilots after the crash.
Uh, they were buried?
@@Milesco , LMfAO
Watching your channel and one other on flying large passenger planes I never knew how complicated flying these large planes were. I tip my hat to the men and women, they are truly remarkable people. At one time I was thinking of getting a license so I could fly the biplanes but I never did. Anyone worth their salt are the ones who can handle problems when they arise. I have flown many times and wonder if any major problems happened that the passengers never knew about. Again I want to say these pilots are remarkable people.
Probably thought he'd be fired over that missed hold cancellation. Maybe If his job wasn't on the line, he'd just have gone around and blamed it on a mistake due to training the FO.
He had already resigned, but was forced to continue flying the next day because of understaffing. He had also not slept since he resigned, so he was in absolutely no shape to drive a car, much less fly.
it certainly should be a good habit to watch the whole video before commenting
@@anonymousarmadillo6589 Indeed.
Me as First Officer in this scenario: "My airplane, you PSYCHO!!" Takes controls, punches captain in his ko button...
Yes, according to the textbook it was her duty to take over the control of the plane and land it as soon as possible.
But in reality she was a very young and unexperienced female, flying for the very first time this difficult approach, and he was a very senior and much older male Captain.
great analysis
Fantastic Video! Its Sad how This Happened. The captain Shouldnt Have Been Flying!
I agree with you
Obvious in retrospect, that he wasn't emotionally in control of himself and fit to operate machinery.😢
My cousin was the pilot in the plane her name was prithula rashid i really hope she will forever be remembered by everyone for the kind hearted person she was Rip cousin
4:10 - The first thing that popped into MY head is that they were like, one turn away from drawing a dong with their flight path.
Haven’t watched you in ages
Well, the rumors were true
Absolutely. Unfortunately.
That looked like my first ever approach in fs 2004
Great show
The First Officer should have taken control from the Captain!........The Captain should not have been flying. Any allegation or offence committed by the Captain would and Should have, resulted in his immediate suspension from from flight duties. In other words, he would have been grounded until cleared of any allegations against him, or any investigation resolved, or, medically declared fit to fly by the company Doctor or the Authority Doctor!!
I blame the company. Allegations of an affair should not be a reason for termination in the first place, even if proven, and a pilot that is aware that he's losing his job is automatically NOT in a mental state to fly.
Indeed.
I would have tried to build up his spirits, even if it meant making stuff up. I would have said, “You’re actually really good at explaining all of this. Let’s do a go-around so that I can gain experience.”
This was the day I went to receive my brother’s mate at the airport and I could see the black smoke coming out of airport from miles away.
Its in the 21st season of Air Crash Investigation. The episode is called: Meltdown Over Kathmandu.
Yes, indeed. A very good, but also disturbing episode.
hello,
as always.. superb, crisp production.
could the auto generated subtitles issue please be fixed.
on earlier videos too.. it chooses random language.. instead of Engliah.
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It would really help to add closed captioning.. to hook more viewers.. who are not native English speakers.
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some of us/viewers can of-course offer our help in transcribing the videos on our vernacular languages too.
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Thanks again for bringing us these productions.
Yeah sometimes wonky with the subs
🤗 that's okay🖒
so long as other things are THIS good..
... hoping to see you grow even stronger and wider.. should your rebranding plans proceed as per plan
Dang Air Crash Investigation released an episode about this flight a week after you did.
Any plans to cover EgyptAir Flight 990?
So if you are stressed enough you can smoke in the cockpit?
Man Kathmandu is one of the hardest approachs
Not that hard in this plane.
3:11 and I quote “Cancel Take Off Clearance”
Good job 🤦♂️
I wonder what portion of the plane had the most survivors? Judging by the angle of impact the pilots are dead as well as most of the front of the cabin I would assume.
Yo that flight path at 4:06 KEKW
9:30 Upset Airline Pilot: The Quest to Find the Runway
This isn't a funny situation but that caught me off guard and I had to pause the video to stop laughing
Poor guy. He never should have been flying that day. He was clearly hurting too much to manage a flight.
Kathmandu is pretty tricky if you don't have the straight in approach from the south to 02. The whole airport is essentially in a giant bowl surrounded by mountains. It does make sense that atc would let them circle though because if they thought they were going to 20 that's basically the procedure.
If being told you’re a bad pilot causes you to crash, you ARE a bad pilot.
Indeed. She was unfortunately absolutely right. I´m wondering what she´s doing today.
Total CRM failure. Any commercial pilot would have aborted that landing about 15 times before they eventually touched down.
Yep.
Love your channel but could you get a better microphone? Your videos are so soft in volume that I must turn up my speakers. This is problematic with commercials that follow. If your channel’s volume comes in at the same volume as most channels, it would help.
Thanks for listening and keep up the great work
Can you please make a report about Biman Bangladesh Airlines Landed before the run way and crashed on to a rice field and then went in a valley or river in Sylhet Osmani international Airport Bangladesh, it was a domestic flight.
Thank you
Living on emotion results in this.
Which game u used?
This was pretty similar to my landing … on my first flight sim
From watching quite a few of these videos over the past couple weeks, I’ve come to realize that there are many people who have been granted a pilot’s license who really shouldn’t have been. Perhaps potential trainees, should have psychological testing to weed out weak minded ones. Same goes for the police force.
Thanks.
Ironic - it seems like he might have been competent, but emotionally broken.
A bad day at work is all it takes apparently
If you’re emotionally broken to the point where you can’t concentrate on your job, you aren’t competent at the time.