Originally Posted by
chazontour
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.
"I've been flying 25 years I know what I'm doing" captain, inexperienced co-pilot couldn't overcome the cockpit gradient to point out that's a really bad idea. Maybe!