14 Heart-Stopping Pilot Confessions Moments Before Disaster Strikes in the Sky
The pilots realized they were trapped and requested a 180° turn to escape the storm. Air Traffic Control approved the maneuver, yet the fierce winds made controlling the plane nearly impossible. The Lockheed rolled to the right at an angle exceeding 90°, then pitched downward and began to plummet. The plane began breaking apart in midair. As it nosedived, the last thing the flight recorder captured was the sound of the fire alarm. The crash claimed the lives of all 85 people on board.
Adam Air Flight 574, a flight that vanished into thin air. On New Year’s Day in 2007, Adam Air Flight 574 was a scheduled domestic flight from Surabaya to Monado, two cities in Indonesia. The pilots lost control of the aircraft, the plane crashed into the Makassar Strait, the last recorded words of the pilots were:
First officer: Oh cap, cap, look. Pull up! Pull up!
Captain: No!
Both pilots: Allahu akbar! Allah… Allah. Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar!
August 12th, 1985, Flight 123 of Japan Airlines prepared for a domestic flight from Haneda airport, Tokyo, to Itami airport, Osaka. The aircraft, a Boeing 747-100SR, was a giant. On board were 509 passengers and 15 crew members. For a while, the flight was smooth, but soon the consequences of a poor repair job from 7 years prior came to light.
Back then, the plane had scraped its tail on landing. Over the years, cracks in the rear bulkhead deepened. Now, at an altitude of over 7,000m., a piece of the tail broke off the plane and the hydraulic lines, controlling the Boeing, were severed. For the next 32 minutes, the plane was nearly uncontrollable, being tossed up and down. Captain Masami Takahama and his crew fought to keep the aircraft aloft, hoping for a miracle.
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