Originally Posted by
mickjoebill
The airport opened on Jan 1st 2023.
Unconfirmed Twitter reports from Indian media:
Pilot, male had been a captain for 25 yearsCopilot, female for 1 year.
Aircraft approach was in the opposite direction to what was instructed by atc.
Mjb
Can't help wonder if the reason they may have been on the opposite approach to
VNPR as instructed is they were initially approaching the old airport
PKR.
As VNPR has only been open for 15 days it's conceivable they may mistakenly followed habit and approached the old airport, realised the mistake at quite a low altitude, tried to adjust course to VNPR in challenging circumstances but sadly failed to do so.