Portmanteau: I'll wait for the final report. These quotes are taken from earlier posts & links. It would seem to me that the 'ATC/Pilot guff' started AFTER the a/c deviated from their clearance. So which party do you think caused the confusing conversation? If a B737 can land straight in with no problem I'll wait to hear why a turbo prop couldn't do the same thing. It seems it was the deviation from a 02 landing, as per approach & clearance, that started the chain of events. Why? That's the mystery
At the time there was a light tailwind component of six to seven knots. Landing direction was 02. The DHC-8-400 was following a Boeing 737-800 of Jet Airways (Flight JAI266 from Mumbai) that was landing about 3 minutes ahead of SB211 on runway 02.
According to transmissions by the Kathmandu tower controller, despite cleared to land on runway 02 the flight began deviating from its course.
BS211(female voice): „Good day, BanglaStar211 final runway 02.“
KTH-Tower: „BanglaStar211, tower. Wind 220 degrees eight knots, tailwind component seven knots, continue approach.“
BS211(female voice): „Continue approach BanglaStar 211.“
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KTH-Tower: „BanglaStar211, wind 220 degrees seven knots, talwind component six knots, you’re cleared to land.“
BS211(female voice): „Cleared to land, BanglaStar 211.“
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KTH-Tower: „BanglaStar211, tower?“
BS211(female voice): „Go ahead, sir.“
BS211(male voice): „Go ahead, mam‘.“
KTH-Tower: „BanglaStar211, you were given a landing clearance to runway 02.“
BS211(male voice): „Affirmative, mam.“
KTH-Tower: „You are going towards runway 20.“
Last edited by RAT 5; 18th Apr 2018 at 14:53.