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This plane crash takes us to the Asian country of Nepal, which is located next to the following countries: India, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH
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Pictured above is the accident aircraft, photographed in April 1992.
Thai International Airways Flight 311, registered as Hotel Sierra- Tango India Delta (HS-TID), was a scheduled international passenger flight from Don Mueang International Airport (IATA: DMK, ICAO: VTBD), Bangkok, Thailand to Tribhuvan International Airport (IATA: KTM, ICAO: VNKT), Kathmandu, Nepal, on the 31st of July 1992, an Airbus A310-304 that was operating this route, crashed on approach to Kathmandu at 07:00:26am UTC (12:45:26pm Newfoundland Standard Time, 14:00:26pm Indochina Time), the aircraft crashed into the side of a mountain 37 kilometres north of Kathmandu, at an altitude of 11,500 feet and at a ground speed of 560 kilometres per hour, the crash killed all 99 passengers and 13 crew (113 in total) on board the plane, the crash was the first hull loss and the first fatal accident involving the Airbus A310.
A number of misleading communications ensued between ATC and the pilots regarding altitude and distance from the airport, the Captain asked four times for permission to turn left, but he received no reply to his request, he announced he was turning right and claimed to flight level 200 (20,000 feet), the ATC controller assumed from the plane's transmission that it called off the approach and it was turning south, so the ATC controller cleared the aircraft to 11,500 feet an altitude that's safe south of the airport, the plane descended, it went through a 360 degree turn and passed over the airport heading northbound, seconds before impact the GPWS activated, the First Officer warned the Captain to turn the plane around but possibly due to frustration about communication with ATC, the Captain stated the GPWS was false, the plane crashed into a steep rock face in a remote area of the Langtang National Park at an altitude of 11,500 feet, killing all 113 people on board the plane.
The summary of the crash was Loss of situational awareness leading to Controlled Flight into Terrain.
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Pictured above and below is the wreckage of the plane, photographed in October 1992.
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Pictured below is where the plane crashed, photographed in May 2016.
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