Speaking in an interview on Arise Television on Friday,
Bernard said he noticed that the captain’s approach was not stable, adding that
he advised bim, but the captain would not listen.

According to him, the captain was not following the Landing
System that is normally used during landing.

“The incident happened on the 13th of July, 2025. I was the
pilot monitoring officer that day. It was good weather and good visibility.

“Everything was going well and smoothly until 500 feet, when
the captain disconnected the autopilot to manual to fly the plane for the
approach.

“So as he disconnected the autopilot 500 feet, he was
becoming high on the approach. I advised him that, Commander, you are high for
this approach, we should initiate a go around. And he didn’t listen to me.

“And he continued the approach. We crossed the runway at
about 200 feet. That’s the threshold. We came to land just after the middle of
the runway.

“And he was so reluctant to use the reverse. That’s the
reverse thrust, which I had to do manually and bring the plane to a stop by
myself,” he said.