Flight from Bangkok Disappears in the Himalayas

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🗓️ 29 December 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola uncover what caused Thai Airways International Flight 311 to cause the tragic crash deep in the Himalayan mountains. Find out what happened on this episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly! This episode brought to you by Smart News, Download SmartNews for free today in the app store to get the news that matters most https://www.smartnews.com/en/app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Ruesturzees production.
0:08.0	July 31, 1992.
0:10.0	TIE Airways Flight 311, an Airbus A310 carrying 113 passengers, is on approach preparing
0:17.0	to land in Kathmandu, Nepal after a flight from Bangkok, Thailand.
0:21.0	The crew asks to land to the north on runway 02 so they can avoid mountainous terrain north
0:26.0	of the airport.
0:27.0	Due to poor weather south of the airport, Air Traffic Control tells them they will have to
0:30.5	land in the other direction on runway 02-0.
0:33.0	The captain is worried about the approach so he asks the first officer to see if they
0:36.4	have sufficient fuel to divert to Calcutta, India.
0:39.0	As they are working through the numbers, Air Traffic Control radios them and let them
0:42.2	know that the weather has cleared a bit so they can land on runway 02.
0:46.0	The aircraft is now too high to begin the approach so they need to turn back south to the
0:50.3	airport to begin their approach again.
0:52.3	As the first officer tries to enter the waypoints into his computer, he can't find the
0:56.3	waypoint that should be in front of them.
0:58.3	Puzzled he asks, we're flying north of the 28th seconds later, the plane slams into
1:02.8	a mountainside killing all on board.
1:05.0	Find out what happened to Ty Airways 311 on this episode of Black Boxdown.
1:12.2	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Boxdown, it's Gus and Chris.
1:14.6	Hello Chris.
1:15.6	Hello Gus and people.
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