Pilot Has A Breakdown / US Bangla Airlines Flight 211
Black Box Down
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The Captain Quits in Anger
The first officer was, uh, Prithula Rashid, who was 25 years old with 390 flight hours. And she was the airline's first female pilot. The crew applied saying their number was two one seven seven. When ground controller asked again if they had the ADC for Bangladesh, the captain contacted his operations to confirm the number. His vocal pitch and language used during these communications indicated he was agitated and experiencing high levels of stress.
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