The haunting final words of the pilot on the ill-fated flight from Brazil to France that k!:lled all 228 people on board have been revealed
A pilot facing certain death spoke disturbing, frantic final words before his ill-fated aircraft plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean, killing everyone aboard.
Disaster occurred in June 2009 when a flight traveling from Brazil to France vanished in a severe storm.
Tragically, none of the 228 people on board, including passengers and crew members, survived the Airbus A330 crash, according to CNN.
A two-year search mission spanning 10,000 square meters ensued before the black box and cockpit voice recordings of the pilots’ final moments were retrieved, enabling investigators to reconstruct what actually transpired that day.
When they ultimately emerged, the discoveries were chilling. First officer Pierre-Cedric Bonin, 32, could be heard uttering what no one wants to hear aboard an aircraft, reports the Daily Star.
The Brazilian Navy shows a piece of the tailfin of the Air France A330 aircraft that crashed (Image: BRAZILIAN NAVY/AFP via Getty Ima)
He said: “I don’t have control. I don’t have control of the aeroplane at all!”.
Relief first officer David Robert, 37, instructed Bonin to move the controls to the left before assuming command from his colleague. However, Bonin kept holding his side-stick, causing their inputs to counteract each other.
Another troubling question came from their commander, 58-year-old Captain Marc Dubois, who asked: “Er what are you [doing]?” Robert stated that they had lost “all control” of the aircraft and that every effort to recover it had been unsuccessful.
Robert said to himself: “Climb, climb, climb, climb.”
Tragically, all 228 on board died (Image: AFP/Getty Images)
The captain warned: “Watch out, you are pulling up.”
France’s Bureau of Investigation and Analysis criticized the publication of the transcript, stating it breached European law and showed disrespect to the crew.
Bonin replied: “But I’ve been at maximum nose-up for a while!” In a tragic realization, Dubois understood Bonin was triggering the stall and yelled: “No no no, don’t climb! No No No!” Bonin transferred the controls to Robert, but their destiny was already determined as the aircraft was too low to pull out of the stall.
The passengers would have been unaware of the turmoil unfolding inside the cockpit during the terrifying three-and-a-half minute descent to their deaths.
In a final desperate attempt, Bonin yanked his side-stick back and cursed, before yelling: “We’re going to crash! This can’t be true. But what’s happening?” It remains uncertain who spoke next, but a chilling voice was heard stating: “F***, we’re dead.”
Technical failures, hazardous weather conditions and pilot error were determined as the cause of the tragedy. After the aircraft stalled, the pilots failed to respond appropriately, initiating the horrifying descent of 11,000ft per minute.
Concerning the technical breakdowns, investigators reported ice crystals had accumulated on the aircraft, prompting the autopilot to disengage mid-flight.
Incorrect airspeed readings left the pilots confused, and under tremendous pressure, one made the catastrophic error of raising the plane’s nose upwards rather than downwards following the stall.
SOURCE: DAILY EXPRESS
https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/214207/chilling-final-words-from-pilot-before-228-died
