The captain and the tower controller at Tribhuvan International Airport discussed which runway the aircraft was aiming to touch down on. “They (private airlines) are aggressive in operating flights in a bid to compete with the state-owned (Biman Bangladesh Airlines) . For instance, Biman pilots are required to log at least 500 flight hours before flying planes to Nepal. US-Bangla spokesman Kamrul, who said pilot Sultan had 5,000 hours of flying experience, however, did comment on co-pilot Prithula’s flight hours while speaking to the media in Dhaka earlier on Tuesday. But pilots are never assigned to operate flights after Kathmandu.”US-Bangla Airlines, however, says Abid was within the daily limit of 11 flight hours on Monday.

Source: bd News24 March 13, 2018 12:33 UTC