Pilot Has A Breakdown / US Bangla Airlines Flight 211

Black Box Down

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The captain of a Bombardier Q400 becomes fixated with landing the plane no matter what. US Bangla Airlines Flight 211 is on approach when the crew becomes overwhelmed. The captain is in the middle of a breakdown and becomes disoriented. Once the crew finds the runway, the captain commits to landing at all costs. What was going on in the cockpit of this flight? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by Coinbase (http://coinbase.com/BLACKBOXDOWN) and Trade Coffee (http://drinktrade.com/blackboxdown) Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Black Box Down Crash Simulator: https://roosterteeth.com/watch/black-box-down-1 Tales From The Stinky Dragon: https://link.chtbl.com/stinkydragon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Rister-Z's production.
0:04.4	March 12, 2018, US Bangla Airlines Flight 211 of Ambardi AQ400 with 71 people on board
0:14.6	is on approach to Kathmandu Nepal from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
0:18.3	The flight is clear to land on runway 02 but can't find the runway and overflies the
0:22.6	airport.
0:23.6	The crew begins a turn and spots runway 2-0 off to the side of the aircraft.
0:27.6	The captain begins some very aggressive maneuvers flying over the passenger terminal, almost
0:32.0	hitting the air traffic control tower before attempting to land on runway 02-0.
0:36.6	The plane comes in banking at an extreme angle and gets one set of landing gear down before
0:40.7	going off the runway, crashing into a berm and killing 50 people.
0:44.8	Why did the pilots get lost?
0:46.4	Why couldn't they see the runway?
0:48.0	What led the captain to execute such dangerous maneuvers?
0:51.3	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
0:57.5	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Box Down.
0:59.1	It's Gus and Chris.
1:00.1	Hello Chris.
1:01.1	Hello.
1:02.1	We are talking about US Bangla Airlines Flight 211 today, flying into Kathmandu, one of the
1:08.0	most challenging airports to land in in the world.
1:11.1	Oh, well, you just answered one of the questions.
1:15.3	It's Nepal in general is pretty mountainous and the Kathmandu approach and landing is
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