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00:02Controllers in Islamabad watch as Air Blue Flight 202 head straight towards a massive hill.
00:09He's not turning.
00:14They issue urgent warnings.
00:17Turn left immediately.
00:18But fail to prevent a disaster.
00:20You're going down!
00:30It's the worst accident in Pakistan's aviation history.
00:36When investigators listen to the CVR, they hear the pilots realize they're in danger.
00:42Terrain, sir!
00:45Took steps to avoid it.
00:47Turning left.
00:49But were unable to save the lives of 152 people.
00:54Why aren't we turning left?
00:56The crew knew what they had to do.
01:00They had reported that they were doing what they were supposed to do.
01:04And yet, the aircraft continued to fly in the wrong direction.
01:10BD, BD!
01:14Oh, fuck!
01:17I need a one-zero gravity.
01:18I need a one-zero gravity.
01:19I need a one-zero gravity.
01:34Air Blue Flight 202 begins its early morning descent towards Islamabad, Pakistan.
01:46There are 146 passengers and six crew on board the Airbus A321.
01:57Air Blue Flight 202.
01:59Air Blue Flight 202.
01:59Air Blue Flight 202.
01:59Expect arrival to ILS runway 30, followed by circling approach to land runway 12.
02:05Understood.
02:05It'll be ILS down to Minima, and then left downwind.
02:10okay
02:13captain pervez chowdhury is one of the airlines most experienced pilots
02:20najam koreshi is a former air blue pilot who flew with captain chowdhury
02:26captain chowdhury had a lifetime of experience flying with the pakistan international airline
02:31he had a very successful carrier and he was pretty much approaching the end of his carrier
02:45first officer syed ahmed has less commercial experience he's a former f-16 fighter pilot
02:52and squadron leader in pakistan's air force air blue two zero two clear to three nine hundred for
03:00ILS two three zero clear to descend to three nine hundred
03:11he had about three hundred hours on the time so just brain-new learning the differences
03:15between the a force line and the commercial line
03:20pakistan's capital Islamabad is a city of more than eight hundred thousand people it's surrounded
03:27by the himalayan foothills to the north and northeast
03:34the mountainous terrain means the only approach to Islamabad's runway is from the south due to the
03:42wind direction today planes are landing on runway one two they must circle the airport and make a visual
03:49approach to the other end of the runway
03:54it is always safer to land with a headwind as compared to a tailwind
03:59when the winds change beyond a certain limit the air traffic controller will switch the runways
04:05that will ensure the plane lands in a headwind
04:11thick clouds envelop the airport making landings difficult
04:16China southern is going around and diverting back to Urumqi
04:20China southern confirming diverting back to Urumqi
04:24attention all landing aircraft
04:27China southern is diverting due to weather
04:31if at any point you lose sight of the airfield
04:35you should abandon the approach completely and carry out the missed approach procedure
04:44flight 202 is now less than 10 minutes from landing
04:54you're down
05:04the plane reaches the minimum altitude to which the pilots can descend without the runway in sight
05:12as soon as you see the runway
05:14you turn right
05:15and then after that you're supposed to keep the runway in sight
05:19commencing right turn
05:21heading 352
05:25call it in
05:28air blue
05:292-0-2
05:30maintaining 2-500
05:31and turning right
05:33heading 352
05:35air blue
05:352-0-2 confirming
05:36at 2,500
05:38turning right
05:39heading 352
05:46Captain Choudhary initiates the first turn of the circling approach
05:51air blue��орo2
05:53continue on the
05:54circle for landing on runway 1 242
05:56to caution low clouds and visibility, maintain visual with the airport.
06:03Even in the poor weather, it's up to the pilots to decide
06:07whether they should continue the approach or not, depending whether they have it on the inside.
06:15The controller expects to see the lights of the Airbus as it flies past the airfield.
06:28Radar, I can't see Airblue 202. What's his current location, please?
06:33He's approaching the no-fly zone north of the airfield. Instruct him to turn left immediately.
06:41Flight 202 is much further north than expected and needs to turn left for the approach to runway 12.
06:50Airblue 202, turn left heading 180.
06:56Confirm he has visual with the ground. If not, instruct him to climb and execute a missed approach.
07:02Airblue 202, confirm you have airfield in sight.
07:07The controllers had radar. They could see what the aircraft was doing.
07:12They could see that the aircraft was not doing what the procedure said they should be doing.
07:18Ask again.
07:21Airblue 202, please confirm you have visual with the ground.
07:34Airblue 202, visual with the ground.
07:37He's confirming visual.
07:41He's not turning.
07:45Controllers can see that flight 202 is rapidly approaching the hills north of the airport.
07:56In the cockpit, the pilots are struggling to turn their plane away from the mountains ahead.
08:03Why aren't we turning left?
08:10Why aren't we turning left?
08:16Why is I turning left?
08:18Terrain ahead.
08:20Pull up.
08:23Terrain ahead, sir.
08:25Pull up.
08:26Instruct him to turn left immediately.
08:30The controllers can't believe what they're seeing.
08:34Here's a guy with 25,000 hours, and he's flying directly towards a mountain.
08:41In the cabin, passengers have become aware that something's not right.
08:51They're approaching the 5,000-foot Magala hills.
08:56Terrain ahead.
08:58Pull up.
08:59Sir, we are going down!
09:00Terrain, terrain.
09:00Sir, we're going down!
09:02Messages from radar turn left immediately.
09:04Terrain ahead.
09:06Pull up.
09:06We're going down!
09:07Pull up.
09:21Flight 202 has crashed into the Magala hills, seven miles from the airport.
09:29The wreckage lies at an altitude of nearly 3,000 feet.
09:34It will be difficult for rescuers to reach the site.
09:41We couldn't get access to it with a car or a truck.
09:46Even with helicopters, there was no place to set down.
09:51So the only way to get to the accident site was with a long, slow climb.
09:58It takes more than half an hour for rescuers and volunteers to make their way up the steep hill to
10:04the crash site in hopes of finding survivors.
10:17When crews do reach the site, they find a scene of complete devastation.
10:36It's the worst accident in Pakistan's aviation history.
10:46Why did a modern airplane fly into well-known mountains north of the airport in Islamabad?
11:00Investigators arrive at the accident site to study the wreckage of Air Blue Flight 202.
11:09When an aircraft flies into mountains, there are really two areas that we're looking at in terms of the root
11:15cause.
11:17One is a sudden and unexpected loss of control.
11:22The other would be the aircraft has actually stayed in control of the pilots and still somehow been flown into
11:29a mountain.
11:34An analysis of the engines shows that they were fully functional at the time of impact and capable of producing
11:41maximum thrust.
11:46Okay, good work everyone. Start heading back down.
11:50Right. So the stabilizer was set at 3.5 degrees nose up.
11:55Landing gear was down. Engines at climb power.
11:59So configured for landing, but climbing at full power.
12:06An examination of the electrical and mechanical components that we could find.
12:11There was no obvious damage or mechanical failure.
12:16They were trying to land here.
12:19They were trying to land here.
12:20But then they slammed into the Margulah Hills, seven miles north of the runway.
12:27How did they get so far off course?
12:32For an approach that was supposed to be a very tight approach because of the existence of the hills, that
12:41is extraordinary.
12:43They were approaching from the southeast for landing here on runway 12.
12:57Scattered clouds, rain.
13:00Visibility was at 3.5 kilometers.
13:04Challenging conditions.
13:08Could the cloudy conditions have been a factor in the accident?
13:14When an aircraft flies into high ground, one thing that is almost certainly a factor is poor visibility.
13:23Low cloud, fog, call it what you will.
13:28Visibility would have been an issue.
13:30But you don't need to see the Margulah Hills to know that they're there.
13:39Everyone knows towards the north, east of the runway, there are mountains.
13:43They're clearly marked on the maps.
13:46Terrain ahead.
13:47We're going down.
13:49Pull up.
13:51Pull up.
13:56Can the controller explain why the crew of Flight 202 couldn't avoid the mountains?
14:04Radar control informed him he'd be doing the circling approach to runway 12.
14:09ABLU 202 expect arrival at ILS 30, followed by circling approach to land runway 12.
14:17And he understood the approach.
14:19Yes, sir, he did.
14:22Understood.
14:23It'll be ILS down to minima.
14:26And then left downwind.
14:30And then?
14:31That's when I assumed control.
14:34As he began the right turn to the circling approach.
14:41The circling approach involves four carefully timed turns.
14:46The first to the right, followed by a left turn that takes the plane parallel to the runway.
14:52The two final turns lined the plane up for the landing on runway 12.
14:59Pilots must keep the runway in sight for the duration of this approach.
15:07After about a minute, I expected to see him fly by.
15:13But he never did.
15:16I asked the crew if they had the runway in sight.
15:19And they confirmed that they did.
15:21Air Blue 202, please confirm you have visual with the ground.
15:27Air Blue 202, visual with the ground.
15:32But he kept flying further and further away from the airport.
15:36Directly towards the hills.
15:40After breaking off from the approach, they are supposed to turn after 30 seconds.
15:45Instead, they kept going for almost two minutes.
15:49We tried to stop him several times.
15:54It was too late.
15:57Message from radar, turn left immediately.
16:08We couldn't prevent...
16:13What happened?
16:20It's all here on the radar track.
16:28The crew knew what they had to do.
16:32They reported that they were doing what they were supposed to do.
16:36And yet, the aircraft continued to fly in the wrong direction.
16:42Terrain ahead.
16:45Pull up.
16:47How could the pilots have ended up so dangerously off course?
16:59Investigators look into the background of Flight 202's pilots, to determine if the approach into Islamabad was mishandled.
17:09The captain had years of experience with major airlines
17:15Captain Chowdhury has been flying for more than 40 years
17:19He has accumulated more than 25,000 flying hours throughout his career
17:25But only about 1,000 of those were on the Airbus
17:33The first officer, however, is a whole different story
17:38First officer Syed Ahmed had far fewer hours than the captain
17:43The former fighter pilot had recently joined the airline
17:47And had accumulated only 286 hours on Airbus A320 airplanes
17:56Two very different pilots
17:59One, during the end of his career with thousands of hours of experience
18:04And the other just starting off his commercial career
18:08But neither of them had a ton of experience with the Airbus A321
18:16Did the pilot's lack of experience on this type of plane play a role in the accident?
18:25Experience is generally considered to be an asset
18:29The only potential downside is that, of course, if you've got a lot of experience of one particular thing
18:36It actually might be more difficult to learn how to operate this new type of aircraft
18:48Okay
18:50So they're supposed to perform their approach within this area
18:53Anything beyond this is outside the airport's 4.3 mile protection zone
19:00Okay, let's see his track
19:04Investigators examine Flight 202's radar track
19:08To see how the pilots set up their approach
19:11All right
19:13So they make their first turn here
19:19And then head straight out of the protection zone
19:24Then this left turn takes them directly into the Marukkala Hills
19:31The radar track shows that the pilots flew closer and closer to the mountains surrounding Islamabad
19:38Wouldn't they have gotten a warning that they're approaching the hills?
19:49Yes, sir
19:50It should have sounded 60 seconds before impact
19:56The enhanced ground proximity warning system
20:00Looks downward to see the height that you're at above ground
20:05But it also looks ahead
20:08To see any terrain that you're flying towards
20:14If they got a warning
20:17Why didn't they try to pull up
20:19Or turn
20:21To avoid it?
20:25Did the pilots of Flight 202
20:28Get any warning of an impending collision?
20:32The crew would have been given pictures on their navigation display
20:36Of the approaching terrain
20:38And they would have been given oral warnings
20:41So since they flew directly into the terrain
20:45Has the enhanced ground proximity warning system completely failed?
21:01Don't leave me in suspense
21:03Did they get any ground proximity warnings?
21:08They sure did
21:15The cockpit data shows that in the final minute of the flight
21:19The crew got 21 separate warnings about the rising terrain ahead
21:34Over 21 times we saw terrain, terrain, pull up
21:38Terrain ahead, pull up
21:40There's no way that the captain missed that warning
21:43The enhanced ground proximity warning system was working properly
21:47Terrain ahead
21:49If the warning system was operating
21:52Why would the pilots ignore it
21:54And allow the accident to happen?
21:58If you hear a full terrain pull-up warning
22:01From the EGPWS
22:02The reaction should be immediate
22:05It should be to apply full power
22:07Pull the nose of the aircraft up
22:09Get it moving away from the ground
22:11And that should be done before any questions are asked
22:19Why didn't the crew of Air Blue Flight 202
22:23Act on terrain warnings
22:24And steer their plane away from the mountains?
22:28Islamabad, Air Blue 202
22:31Investigators listen to the cockpit voice recording
22:33What are current conditions please?
22:36Air Blue 202 visibility is now 3.5 kilometers with rain
22:39Wind
22:401-6 knots, 0-5-0 degrees
22:43Runway 1-2 currently in use
22:47They focus on how the crew set up for landing
22:51It will be runway 1-2
22:53Yes, invisibility is crap
22:58The weather was marginal
23:00And marginal weather makes you nervous
23:02Because you don't know whether you're going to be able to see anything at all
23:06And the captain clearly was nervous about this approach
23:12Did the captain proceed with an approach he wasn't comfortable with?
23:18Set waypoints for runway 1-2
23:21Radial 0-2-6
23:235 miles of beam
23:32Maze, stop
23:35Why is he asking him to input a course to the runway?
23:40This is supposed to be a visual approach
23:45It didn't make any sense for the captain to be entering waypoints into the flight management system
23:51The circling approach is by definition a visual approach
23:54So there is no way that any pilot would normally do this
24:01Then, just two miles from the airport
24:04The pilots of Air Blue Flight 202 hear of a flight landing ahead of them
24:09Be advised that a TIA-737 has landed on runway 1-2 safely
24:17Commencing right turn
24:18Heading 3-5-2
24:23That could have caused the pilot to say
24:25Hey, if they can get in
24:26We can get in too
24:29Wait, stop, sir
24:30So
24:31He starts his turn later than usual
24:35Half a mile from the runway
24:42Instead of breaking off early
24:44They had to continue on because of the low visibility and low ceilings
24:48And they did not break off to the right until the last possible point
24:51Which was at the end of the runway
24:55Concerned with poor visibility
24:56Captain Chowdhury makes a baffling decision
25:00Switch into nav mode for managed approach to runway 1-2
25:05There he goes, switching to nav mode
25:07He can't be visual
25:11Carrying out the circling approach using the autopilot to navigate
25:15Is a violation of procedures
25:20As soon as you select the nav mode
25:22The plane starts to fly the pre-programmed waypoints
25:26And at this point
25:28Captain Chowdhury is normal flying
25:30The visual approach
25:31Okay, sir
25:35But
25:37Are you visual?
25:40I have a visual
25:44Chowdhury insists he can see the runway
25:47But investigators are certain he could not
25:50They can't see the airfield any longer
25:53Because they've just got to the far side of it
25:55There is no airfield in sight
25:59So
26:00Instead of turning left
26:02To fly parallel with the runway
26:06He keeps flying in this direction
26:08Moving further and further from the airport
26:12Sir, we're reaching higher ground
26:16Terrain ahead
26:18Terrain ahead
26:20Sir, there's terrain ahead
26:22Sir, turn left
26:24Terrain ahead
26:28It should be turning
26:29Terrain ahead
26:31As the captain struggles to turn away from the hills
26:34Terrain ahead
26:35Controllers become concerned
26:38Air blue 202
26:39Confirm you have airfield in sight
26:42What should I tell him, sir?
26:45Terrain ahead
26:46Tell him
26:47Tell him
26:47Pull up
26:49The crew doesn't reply straight away
26:52Probably
26:52Because the first officer knows full well
26:55That no, they don't have visual contact with the airfield
26:57But he waits for his captain to tell him what to say
27:00Air blue 202
27:02Please confirm you have visual with the ground
27:04Terrain ahead
27:05Pull up
27:06Air blue 202
27:08Visual with the ground
27:11In the end
27:12The crew tells air traffic control
27:15That they are in visual contact with the ground
27:18Now that's not untrue
27:20But it's not the same thing as being visual with the airfield
27:23It feels more like a reply designed to get air traffic control off their backs
27:27Sir, we are approaching terrain ahead
27:30Sir, we are approaching terrain ahead
27:31Yes, I know
27:32We are turning left
27:33Pull up
27:34Pull up, sir
27:35Sir, pull up
27:36The captain says he's turning left
27:39But
27:41He keeps flying directly towards the hills
27:48Investigators are unable to explain why Captain Chowdhury could not alter his course and steer away from the mountains
28:02The final minute of the CVR reveals a picture of chaos and confusion
28:08Pull up, sir
28:09Sir, pull up
28:14They're applying power
28:15Trying to climb
28:20Sir, pull up, sir
28:22Pull up
28:24Investigators hear First Officer Ahmed pleading with his captain to pull up
28:29Terrain ahead
28:29Why aren't we turning left?
28:32Pull up
28:35Terrain ahead
28:36Pull up
28:38Terrain, sir
28:41Terrain ahead
28:42Sir, we are going down
28:44Pull up
28:45Message from radar
28:47Turn left immediately
28:48Pull up
28:49Sir, we are going down
28:52Pull up
29:01All they had to do
29:03Was turn away from those hills
29:09Despite reacting to the terrain warnings
29:11The pilots could not steer their plane away from the mountains
29:18I think they knew what was happening
29:20I think they knew that they had to turn left
29:23For some reason, the aircraft didn't turn left
29:28Will Flight 202's flight data recorder explain why Captain Chowdhury didn't, or couldn't, turn and avoid the mountains?
29:37Can we see the altitude, please?
29:41The minimum altitude is 2,500 feet
29:47Investigators can see that Chowdhury dialed in an altitude below what's permitted
29:52There's only one reason it would drop below that
29:58Commencing right turn
30:00Heading
30:013, 5, 2
30:07There's no earthly reason for doing it
30:09Because the minimums are there for a very good reason
30:13The only reason why they ever break the minimums
30:16Is because they can't see the ground properly
30:18And they want to get closer to it
30:21Can we see the flight path?
30:25You see?
30:27He's way off course
30:28In heavy fog
30:30And has clearly lost visual
30:33Let's see the autopilot modes
30:37So
30:39He asks the automation to take over
30:46More than four miles off course
30:48Captain Chowdhury makes his biggest error
30:51By switching modes on his autopilot
30:56The captain switched from heading mode
30:58To nav mode
31:00And the aircraft turned left
31:02To heading of 3, 0, 0
31:07Towards the mountain
31:11The airbus now makes a left turn
31:14Towards a predetermined waypoint
31:16Bringing the flight dangerously close to the mountains
31:21He's approaching the no-fly zone north of the airfield
31:26From this point on
31:27Air traffic control continued to urge
31:29The flight to turn left
31:31Because they knew they were in the vicinity
31:33Of the high mountainous terrain
31:35Terrain ahead
31:38Ablo 202 turn left heading 180
31:40Terrain ahead
31:41Why aren't we turning left?
31:43Pull up
31:46Can we see what he's selecting?
31:51He's dialing in a left turn
31:59Captain Chowdhury uses his heading knob
32:02To turn the plane sharply left
32:04Away from the hills
32:08But the plane
32:09It keeps flying in the same direction
32:11It's not turning
32:24He's still in nav
32:28Investigators realise the captain forgot
32:30That his plane was in navigation mode
32:33And not heading mode
32:35Which is required to turn the aircraft
32:37If the aircraft is flying in nav mode
32:41It will keep on flying on its predetermined course
32:45Whether or not the crew change the heading select
32:49Terrain ahead
32:51Why aren't we turning left?
32:53Pull up
32:55Captain Chowdhury doesn't realise that his inputs are futile
33:02In order to get from nav mode into heading mode
33:05You pull the knob out
33:06And that engages heading mode
33:09He forgot to pull it out
33:12He realises his error
33:14And pulls the knob here
33:16At 40 seconds before impact
33:28When Captain Chowdhury tries to correct his error
33:32He only makes a bad situation worse
33:36Sir, turn left
33:38Why sir, turning left
33:45Captain Chowdhury has dialed in so many left turns
33:49That his last input is now to the plane's right
33:53The airbus takes the shortest route to get to that heading
33:58Directly towards the Margala hills
34:05He's in heading mode for the rest of the flight
34:13The investigation saw that the captain was so reliant on the automation
34:16That he was trying to turn the aircraft to the left
34:20Asking why the aircraft wasn't turning to the left
34:22But he didn't even use his side stick
34:25And actually turn the aircraft to the left manually
34:28Why aren't we turning left?
34:30Terrain ahead
34:32Investigators now know why Captain Chowdhury was unable to turn left
34:36And avoid the mountains
34:37But one question remains
34:39Why didn't the first officer recognize the mistakes
34:43And do something to correct them?
34:46Sir, we're going down!
34:51100 knots
34:53Check
34:55Investigators find a possible explanation
34:57For the first officer's puzzling behavior
35:00V1
35:01At the very start of flight 202
35:05Rotate
35:06As it took off for Islamabad
35:10The flight starts with the pilots working efficiently as a crew
35:14Positive rate
35:17Gear up
35:23Gear up
35:27The takeoff from Karachi is textbook
35:33From initial pushback startup and all of it to takeoff
35:37Everything seemed normal
35:42We are clear to climb to flight level
35:44Explain to me why that is blue
35:46But the other symbols are white
35:50The pilot's cordial relationship soon changes
35:56Sir?
35:57There on your display
35:59Why is that symbol blue but the others are white?
36:02You should know why that is
36:05I believe it's because the flight plan defers from the current route
36:09No, that's wrong
36:10It's because it's the one being navigated towards basic
36:15Do you know how to modify this point?
36:19From the main menu?
36:21Oh, you don't need to return to the main menu
36:23You can do it on the screen
36:26What did they teach you in that so-called training of yours?
36:31Captain Chowdhury is heard quizzing and berating his first officer
36:37This wasn't normal behavior
36:39It seems it was only really for the purpose of putting his first officer in his place
36:46Making sure he knew who was in charge
36:48And to do as he was told
36:52What's he doing?
36:55If you don't know how to use the flight management system
36:58Then what use are you in the cockpit?
37:01You might as well go back and help the girls serve tea
37:07Yes
37:10Sorry, sir
37:18What about maximum thrust available for climb?
37:21Can you at least tell me what that is?
37:23This has been going on for nearly an hour now
37:26Told you
37:30Radio ahead to Islamabad for the weather
37:34Do you know how to use the radio?
37:35Yes
37:40Captain Chowdhury is a very experienced pilot
37:42He should know that this is not how he behave
37:46On the flight deck of an airliner
38:02Investigators wonder why Captain Chowdhury would act so aggressively towards his first officer
38:08He was recently treated for diabetes and hypertension
38:13But deemed fit to fly
38:17Anything?
38:19Pilots who flew with him said he was demanding
38:21Sometimes difficult
38:24But nothing at this level
38:27Maybe it had more to do with him
38:31Could the first officer's background have affected his captain's attitude towards him?
38:41In Pakistan there has been a hidden rivalry between Air Force pilots
38:46And the people who are in the commercial side already
38:50They feel that Axe Air Force guys, they are taking away their opportunities
38:58Investigators believe that the captain's abusive behaviour might explain one of the mysteries of this tragedy
39:04Why first officer Ahmed never took control of the plane
39:12All the first officer had to do was to take manual control of the aircraft
39:15And fly it away from the mountain
39:21Investigators scrutinise first officer Ahmed's actions leading up to the crash of flight 202
39:26His first officer told the captain to pull up three times and to turn left
39:32Twice
39:33But he never says he's taking control
39:41If I was the first officer, I'd take over the control
39:44Pull back on the side stick to create the max performance maneuver
39:48Apply toga thrust
39:49And keep climbing till I'm clear of the hills
39:54The team believes the captain's behaviour earlier in the flight
39:58Explains why the first officer allowed him to mishandle the approach
40:03If you don't know how to use the flight management system
40:07Then what use are you in the cockpit?
40:12We have the captain's behaviour which was so overbearing, so autocratic
40:17So nasty
40:19That it served to completely shatter the self-confidence of the first officer
40:25First officer Ahmed allows procedures to be set aside
40:30Switch into nav mode
40:32For managed approach to runway 12
40:35Okay
40:37Sir
40:39And then fails to take control
40:42When his captain flies the plane directly towards the mountains
40:47He was so worn down by the captain's harsh behaviour
40:50That he just couldn't stand up to him
40:53He became a bystander
40:59The first officer clearly knows that what they're doing is wrong
41:02He knows that his captain is disoriented
41:06That the aircraft is on a collision course with a mountain
41:10And yet, somehow, he doesn't have it in him to intervene
41:17Terrain ahead
41:18Pull up
41:19Sir, we are going down
41:21Sir, we are going down
41:22Three and a half minutes after the start of the approach
41:26Pull up
41:26We are going down
41:28The airbus slams into the hills
41:33Killing everyone on board
41:41This is one of the most extraordinary accidents I've seen
41:48There were no technical factors in this accident
41:53There was nothing wrong with the aircraft
41:56There was nothing wrong with the engines
41:58It was all a matter of human misjudgment and human error
42:10If he doesn't try the approach in nav mode
42:13There's no accident
42:16All the warning signs were there
42:19Telling them what to do
42:22It should have been easy to recover
42:25Very
42:27If he hadn't taken his first officer out of the picture
42:31Different outcome
42:34Absolutely incredible
42:41It's hard to believe that somebody of his experience
42:45Would make so many errors
42:48And mishandling of the aircraft
42:51It just defies logic
42:58The final report into the crash of Air Blue Flight 202
43:03Makes several recommendations to Pakistani airlines
43:06Including better briefings on the circling approach procedures
43:10And better crew management training
43:15This accident shows that cockpit management
43:18And the atmosphere in the cockpit that's set by the captain
43:21Is just as important as an operating aircraft
43:24And operating engines
43:25And in 2018
43:28The airport in Islamabad is replaced
43:31With a more modern airport
43:32With two runways
43:33That are well away from the hills
43:35That claim the lives of the 152 people
43:38On board flight 202
43:44As I learned more
43:45I really felt extremely bad
43:51I felt very sad
43:53About that loss
43:58It was a preventable accident
44:01I felt very sad
44:01That's my mind
44:01utensils
44:01It's my heart
44:01At one level
44:03It was sostener
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