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The TAWS switch silenced the cockpit and cost them the runway-time
A captain hesitates at Pokhara with TAWS inhibited and clouds closing on the Kali Gandaki gorge - did they make it to Jomsom in time?
The TAWS switch silenced the cockpit and cost them the runway-time
In this episode, we follow Tara Air Flight 197’s fifteen-minute climb from Pokhara toward Jomsom through the narrow Kali Gandaki gorge. The podcast covers the flight’s equipment, crew makeup, weather and procedural context to ask whether key decisions and a silenced Terrain Awareness and Warning System sealed the aircraft’s fate.
Date: May 29, 2022
Flight: Tara Air Flight 197
Aircraft: DHC-6…
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