On final approach to runway 02 at Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Intl Airport, the aircraft crashed short of the runway, broke apart and caught fire.

The Dash-8-400 (S2-AGU) was on a regular flight BS211 from Dhaka.

At the time there was a light tailwind component of six to seven knots.

According to transmissions by the Kathmandu tower controller, despite cleared to land on runway 02 the flight began deviating from its course.

A series of back-and-forth conversation emerged between the captain and the tower controller (both radio voices switched from female to male) about which runway the flight BS211 was aiming for.

Amid much confision- mostly on the part of the flightcrew of BS211-  the ultimate landing clearance on runway 02 was received. The crash occured less them a minute after that.

Details about fatalities or survivors are sketchy at the time, the Jacdec.

ATC Radio Transcript Kathmandu-Tower:

(Note: this transcript is inofficial and can contain inadequate data)

BS211(female voice): „Good day, BanglaStar211 final runway 02.’
KTH-Tower: „BanglaStar211, tower. Wind 220 degrees eight knots, tailwind component seven knots, continue approach.’
BS211(female voice): „Continue approach BanglaStar 211.’
..
KTH-Tower: „BanglaStar211, wind 220 degrees seven knots, talwind component six knots, you’re cleared to land.’
BS211(female voice): „Cleared to land, BanglaStar 211.’
..
KTH-Tower: „BanglaStar211, tower?’
BS211(female voice): „Go ahead, sir.’
BS211(male voice): „Go ahead, mam‘.’
KTH-Tower: „BanglaStar211, you were given a landing clearance to runway 02.’
BS211(male voice): „Affirmative, mam.’
KTH-Tower: „You are going towards runway 20.’
BS211(male voice): „..(garbled transmission)..to runway 02.’
KTH-Tower (different voice): „…211, runway 20, cleared to land.’
BS211(male voice): „..cleared to land..(unintelligible).’
..
KTH-Tower (different voice): „BanglaStar211, Kathmandu Tower’
BS211(male voice): „Go ahead’
KTH-Tower (different voice): „BanglaStar211, request your intentions.’
BS211(male voice): „..(unintelligible)..’
KTH-Tower (different voice): ‘ BanglaStar211, that would be VFR.’
BS211(male voice): „Affirmative’
KTH-Tower (different voice): ‘ 211 join a ri…ehm..right downwind to runway 20.’
BS211(male voice): „Copied.’
KTH-Tower (different voice): ‘ …right downwind runway 02..’
..
Tower cleares another aircraft (Buddha282) to land on runway 02.
..
KTH-Tower: „And BanglaStar 211, traffic at final eh..runway 02 at two miles, report sighting.’
BS211(male voice): „Copied, Sir. We’ll be at (..) runway  02.’
KTH-Tower: „Confirm you’re tracking towards runway 20 ?’
BS211(male voice): „Affirmative.’
KTH-Tower: „Right..left, right downwind runway 02, I say again Bangla 212 traffic is on final runway 02 landing on runway 02.’
BS211(male voice): „Copied Sir’
..
Tower confirmed landing clearance for the other aircraft (Buddha282) to land on runway 02.
..
KTH-Tower: „211 I say it again, do not proceed towards runway 20. Cleared to hold at your current position.’
BS211(male voice): „Okay, we’re making an orbit to the right, copied ?’
BS211(male voice): „Tower, 211, making a right holding, right holding for runway 02.’
KTH-Tower: „Okay that’s good but do not land. Traffic is on short final runway 02.’
BS211(male voice): „We have that, Sir copied. (unintelligible) we’re cleared to land’
..
KTH-Tower: „..BanglaStar211, runway..eh..cleared to land. Runway is vacated, either runway 02 or 20 ?’
BS211(male voice): „Yes Siur, we like to land on 20.’
KTH-Tower: „Okay runway 20, cleared to land. Wind is 270 degrees, six knots.’
BS211(male voice): „260 copied, cleared to land.’
KTH-Tower: „BanglaStar211, confirm you have the runway in sight?’
BS211(male voice): „Negative, Sir.’
KTH-Tower: „BanglaStar211, turn right and ah..you have the runway, confirm you have the runway not in sight, yet ?’
BS211(male voice): „Affirmative, we have (..) runway in sight. Requesting clear to land, Sir.’
KTH-Tower: „And BanglaStar211, cleared to land.’
BS211(male voice): „Cleared to land runway 02, BanglaStar212.’
KTH-Tower: „Roger, ruway 02, cleared to land, BanglaStar211.’
..
BS211(male voice): „..sir, are we cleared to land ?’
KTH-Tower: „BanglaStar211, I say again..turn… (yelling in background).’