Originally Posted by
michaelbinary
the weather on the day looked fine and any professional pilot should be able to execute a visual approach to an airport in those conditions and land safely (assuming no other factors).
As ATC Watcher clarified, I was not referring to causal factors in this specific accident, I was referring to the infrastructure issues (huge as they are) that are contributing to aviation safety issues in Nepal – including some significant issues regarding the new Pokhara airport.
With regard to the part of your post that I quoted above (my bolding), perhaps therein lies a clue, but we simply don't know yet.
Cheers.